Not Letting Me…

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  joshfishblog · Member · Jul 19, 2007 at 4:51 pm

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  I can not Add a Category, or Delete a Post because I get this Message “You don’t have permission to do that.”

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  timethief · Member · Jul 19, 2007 at 4:55 pm

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  You are not alone.
  From the forum search box — https://en.forums.wordpress.com/search.php?q=you+don%27t+have+permission+to+do+that

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  joshfishblog · Member · Jul 19, 2007 at 5:01 pm

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  It still is not letting me do that. What do I do now????

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  timethief · Member · Jul 19, 2007 at 5:09 pm

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  Did you read the threads at the link I posted above? This is what I got from them:

  It seems that the only solution is to log out of WordPress, clear all private data from the browser (cache, cookies, etc.), close and restart the browser, log back into WordPress, and try again.

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  joshfishblog · Member · Jul 19, 2007 at 5:10 pm

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  Now it is letting me add categories, but not delete posts.

  Josh

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  timethief · Member · Jul 19, 2007 at 5:14 pm

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  Sheesh … what I pain. I can imagine how frustrated you are but I have no further help to offer. Volunteers do not have back end access to blogs, only staff do and support is closed for WordCamp. In the interim have you tried marking the posts you can’t delete right now as “private”? It’s a temporary measure but it may be useful. If that doesn’t “tide you over” then you can email support [at] wordpress [dot] com

  Support will be closed Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday while the Automattic crew gathers in San Francisco in preparation for WordCamp 2007. We will re-open Monday morning around 9AM PDT.

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  joshfishblog · Member · Jul 19, 2007 at 5:16 pm

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  Okay, Thanks. I will contact them on Monday.

  Thanks,
  Josh

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  timethief · Member · Jul 19, 2007 at 5:18 pm

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  I’m sorry I couldn’t be more helpful. :(

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  joshfishblog · Member · Jul 19, 2007 at 5:19 pm

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  It is not a problem.

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  timethief · Member · Jul 19, 2007 at 5:20 pm

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  Best wishes Josh.

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  joshfishblog · Member · Jul 19, 2007 at 5:23 pm

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  Thanks.

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  trent · Member · Jul 19, 2007 at 5:32 pm

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  Staff are aware of it and working on a bug fix for this. No ETA as far as I know, but it was told to me that it is a priority for sure. Other than logging out, clearing cache and cookies (fix for some), there is not much we can do until they get that fixed.

  Trent

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  timethief · Member · Jul 19, 2007 at 5:36 pm

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  @trent
  That’s what I thought. Thanks for the confirmation. :)

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  options · Member · Jul 19, 2007 at 6:27 pm

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  some people reported the workaround is to use a keyboard input ( https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic.php?id=10754&page&replies=6#post-76241 ).