What permissions must the user have in order to access AceIDE?

Hi Tanner,

Great question. Let me outline the logic behind determining whether one key access the menu.

First check:
A test for the value of the “DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT” constant. If this is true, the editor can not be used. However this may be overwritten with the “aceide_override_disallow_file_edit” filter.

Second check:
Simple referrer check.

Third check:
If the site is multisite, the user must have the “manage_network_themes” capability. Otherwise, they require the “edit_plugins” capability.

By default, these capabilities are assigned to an administrator, or in the case of a multisite it is a super admin.

Thanks Shane,

I made sure the User Role has edit_plugins, manage_network_themes, and manage_network_plugins capabilities but the menu is still being hidden for this User Role. Any other possibilities?

Hey Tanner,

Have a look in your wp-config.php for the following:

define(‘DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT”, true);

If this appears, it is the reason for the menu item not appearing.

Otherwise, I can only imagine this is a bizarre bug.

Nope, it’s not in there. Do I need to provide you access to a server that displays this behavior?

I would definitely be interested in looking into this further. If you could facilitate this, I would definitely appreciate it.

@shanept

I just carved out some time to clone the entire site. Did you want to take a look? Please let me know what email to provide you an account for.

Hi Tanner,

That’s wonderful! Thank you

me *at* shane *dot* pt

I look forward to hearing from you

Hey Shane, I just sent you an email with a superadmin account to the staging site and provided instructions on how to see the issue.