The insufficient permissions error can cover a lot of different things. And that’s the bad news. It means the solutions can also be very different each time. That’s why it is absolutely important to pay attention to what you are doing just before you hit the problem. That’s true no matter what you’re doing but that’s another post.

Sometimes this error is triggered due to wrong folder permissions. At other times, it can be related to the way a plugin is coded – assuming of course it is a plugin we are talking about.

It is rare I encounter the insufficient permissions error working on WordPress. Today, my problem had everything to do with a plugin and I thought I’d document it here for everyone’s benefit.

While working with a plugin, some features were not accessible to me because it threw an insufficient permissions error. This is odd because the general settings page for the plugin loads without problems. After some investigation, I discovered it was a case of poor coding.

The developer hard coded the plugin directory name in some areas but my plugin directory name was different from the one coded. The simple fix was to simply rename the plugin directory back to the one the developer intended it to be. But in cases like these, it’s simply best to notify the developer and have them fix it so it works no matter what your plugin directory is named.