Add dropdown menu without Admin access
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I am new to WordPress and would like to add a drop down menu to the website, but I do not have admin access. There is no plugin tab on the left hand menu bar. In addition, the website is missing the ‘Network Admin’ tab on the upper left menu bar. I only see Dashboard > My Sites. I would like to use a plugin to allow me to add a drop down menu. Please let me know how I can add a drop down menu to the website without having Admin access and without being able to access ‘plugins’. Thanks so much for your time and assistance, I greatly appreciate it.
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Sorry for the confusion. The website I need help with is not the one listed in the blog. I had to create a new login account to be able to post on the forums. The website that I need help with has already been setup and has been turned over to me, though I do not have admin access. As I previously stated there is no plugin tab not network admin tab. In addition, I have tried to create new pages with the correct parent, but a drop down menu is not generated under that parent. Thanks again for all your assistance.
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Are you using a free WordPress.com account? You cannot add plugins to the free websites. You need to upgrade for those options..
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Ok, thank you very much. I believe I am using a free account. Is there another way to create new drop down menus without the use of plugins? Thanks again.
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You cannot add plugins to the free websites. You need to upgrade for those options..
That is not true.
You are confusing wordpress.ORG software installs on paid hosting with your wordpress.COM hosted blog. They are not the same.
There is no FTP access to wordpress.com blogs and no blogger installed plugin capability. Those exist only on wordpress.ORG software installs and no upgrade alters that reality.
No FTP access http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
No blogger installed plugins http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/Moving to self hosted wordpress https://move.wordpress.com
WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG are completely separate and have different username accounts, logins, features, run different versions of some themes with the same names, and have separate support documentation and separate support forums. Read the differences here http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
If you don’t have a username account at WordPress.ORG account, then click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right-hand corner of the page that opens, https://wordpress.org/support/register.php so you can post to the support forums there.
WordPress.ORG login link https://login.wordpress.org/
Resetting your WordPress.ORG password http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password
WordPress.org support docs are at https://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
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What I post below applies only to sites hosted by wordpress.COM. It does not apply to wordpress.ORG software installs.
Companies, groups and organizations of any kind do not own blogs.
Every WordPress.COM blog has a sole owner. It is the person with the WordPress.COM username account who registered the blog under that username account and a single associated email address, and who is the original Admin of the blogs registered under that username account.
You have to be logged in as Admin http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator under the exact same username account that registered the blog to access the blog’s dashboard. The Admin login link to the dashboard for every blog hosted by wordpress.COM is:
http://NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com/wp-admin/
* You will have to replace “name_of_blog” with the actual blog’s name in that URL.
After the blog’s owner logs in clicking this link should display all blogs registered under the same username account, including the hidden ones: https://dashboard.wordpress.com/wp-admin/index.php?page=my-blogs&show=hidden
If the blog’s owner does not see the blog here http://en.support.wordpress.com/my-blogs/ then they need to follow this guide > http://en.support.wordpress.com/my-blogs/#my-blogs-dashboard-visibility
If the log-in information is lost they need to visit https://en.wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword
If you do not have the required access you need to contact the person who registered the account and site under it and have them transfer the sites to your username account by using this process. http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#transferring-your-blog-to-another-user-or-account
If you check each and every possible email address and account and are not successful gaining access to the blog(s) then you must complete the form for account recovery at this link https://en.wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=recovery and submit it to the Account Recovery Staff, and provide proof ownership, so they can contact you by email ie. not on these public support forums, which are available to everyone with internet access.
Support Staff cannot breach the privacy policy and provide the log-in information. You have to provide proof ownership to Account Recovery Staff to gain access https://en.support.wordpress.com/account-recovery/
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The website I need help with is not the one listed in the blog.
If you think I have posted a lot of information above be aware that If you had posted the actual URL of the site up front you would not have had to read all that I posted above and all that will follow.
What is the exact URL starting with http:// of the site you referring to please?
This is wordpress.COM support. We cannot answer any questions posted here accurately until we have the relevant URL and have confirmed hosting.
We provide support only for wordpress.COM hosted sites. Our support docs do not apply to
(1) local installs of wordpress.ORG software on your own server or
(2) wordpress.ORG software installs on paid hosting, and we do not provide support for them at wordpress.COM. That support is found at http://wordpress.ORG/support/
(3) sites linked to wordpress.COM accounts with the Jetpack plugin so they display on the My Sites wordpress.com account page. That support is found at http://jetpack.com/support/WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG are completely separate and have different username accounts, logins, support docs and support forums, run different theme versions of themes with the same names, and many people get confused about the two. Read the differences here http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
The wordpress.ORG support forums are at http://wordpress.org/support. The wordpress.ORG login link is here https://login.wordpress.org/ If you do not have an account yet then click Create an account https://login.wordpress.org/register/ and if you have lost an account password click Lost password? https://login.wordpress.org/lostpassword/
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@trial9089
Assuming you are actually referring to a site hosted by wordpress.COM let’s address the issue.Add dropdown menu without Admin access … I do not have admin access.
Read the user roles https://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/ and note that only an Admin can set up a custom menu. https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/
So now that we have come full circle please answer these questions:
1. What is the URL of the site you refer to?
2. Who owns the site ie. which username account registered that URL? -
@timethief
Thank you very much for taking the time to explain everything, I greatly appreciate it and it cleared up a great deal of confusion I was encountering. The URL is: http://nh.agu.org/It is my understanding that the site is associated with WordPress.ORG, not WordPress.COM. Therefore, I will direct my questions to their forum. I did not realize they were different organizations. Thank you for your concise resources, they are extremely beneficial.
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Yes, nh.agu.org is hosted by Armor Defense, not by wordpress.COM and support for it is at http://wordpress.org/support/
Your are welcome and best wishes.
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