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Access to Appearances Tab

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    bshaferpellinen · Member · Feb 26, 2025 at 11:06 pm
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    I have administrator-level access but have no “Appearances” on my side menu. I have cleared my cache, signed out and in, and tried the /wp-admin/ shortcut to my address, but I still have no access.

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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    franzaurus · Member · Feb 27, 2025 at 2:34 am
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    Have you tried appending wp-admin/themes.php at your site’s URL?

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    2020testjj · Member · Feb 27, 2025 at 9:11 am
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    The Appearance link in the WordPress.com sidebar is only visible to Admins on a site.

    You can check your current user role for that site at https://dashboard.wordpress.com/wp-admin/index.php?page=my-blogs under the Role column.

    More on User Roles here: https://wordpress.com/support/invite-people/user-roles/

    Noting that the Appearance menu in the WP Admin dashboard that @franzaurus mentioned will display only the themes that have already enabled on a site. You can switch between those themes, but to activate a new theme, it’s done at the newer theme dashboard.

    More on Activating a new theme in this support guide https://wordpress.com/support/themes/choose-a-theme/

    Post back here if you need more help.

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    bshaferpellinen · Member · Feb 27, 2025 at 2:14 pm
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    My role is administrator and I have tried adding “wp-admin/themes.php” but that tells me that the page does not exist. We have tried removing me as an administrator and re-adding me in case it is just an error in the permissions, but that has not worked either.

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    2020testjj · Member · Feb 27, 2025 at 3:01 pm
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    I’ve gone ahead and flagged your thread for Staff attention.

    It may take a bit for them to reply here, so if you have a paid upgrade plan that gives you access to direct support, you can contact them yourself following this support guide https://wordpress.com/support/help-support-options/

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