Missing Dashboard menu items

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  ebretzel · Member · Feb 20, 2011 at 4:16 pm

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  Hello, I have been searching the help forum and also googling this without finding an answer. I created a blog a few years ago. Recently when I went in to update it I noticed that many of the menu items under the dashboard on the left are not appearing. Here’s a screenshot of what I see:

  

  I am unable to edit the theme, pages, add users and a number of other things. I know these options were once available because I originally set the blog up with a few pages (which I cannot edit now)

  Can someone help me? This is a free wordpress.com site.

  Thanks!

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

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  airodyssey · Member · Feb 20, 2011 at 5:06 pm

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  Hi. That’s not right. Have you tried deleting your cookies, emptying your cache memory and restarting your browser?

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  ebretzel · Member · Feb 20, 2011 at 5:54 pm

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  Hi airodyssey, I tried that just now and it didn’t make a difference.

  I have two other blogs on this account and they both have all of the options. The only difference between them and the one that is missing options is that I actively use and update them. This blog was created in 2009 and pretty much sat dormant until now. Maybe that has some significance?

  Thank you.

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  auxclass · Member · Feb 20, 2011 at 5:56 pm

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  Dormant or not being used should not be an issue – is there a second Admin on the site that could have changed your privileges?

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  ebretzel · Member · Feb 20, 2011 at 6:02 pm

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  No, I’m the only one who has access to this blog. :-(

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  airodyssey · Member · Feb 20, 2011 at 6:12 pm

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  I see two names under the Authors section of your sidebar here:
  http://schoeneckerfamily.wordpress.com/

  Is that the same person (you) with two usernames? If so, try logging in with the other username.

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Feb 20, 2011 at 6:19 pm

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  @Sergio: That’s probably the case, because the dashboard version in ebretzel’s screenshot is what you get when you are an author, not an administrtator.

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  schoenecker · Member · Feb 20, 2011 at 6:19 pm

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  Ok – you solved it! I didn’t realize (or rather forgot) that I had created another username. Whew.

  Thanks for all of your help! I was totally stumped!!!

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  airodyssey · Member · Feb 20, 2011 at 6:22 pm

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  @ebretzel/schoenecker: You’re welcome from me :-)

  @panos: Thanks for the tip!