Not able to access WP Admin, it says “Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page.”
I managed to solve this. Reason was that: The data about user roles, that’s set by default in a WordPress installation was completely missing in the db table wp_options under the wp_user_roles row. In my case it was this a:3:{s:14:”backwpup_admin”;a:2:{s:4:”name”;s:14:”BackWPup Admin”;s:12:”capabilities”;a:12:{s:4:”read”;b:1;s:8:”backwpup”;b:1;s:13:”backwpup_jobs”;b:1;s:18:”backwpup_jobs_edit”;b:1;s:19:”backwpup_jobs_start”;b:1;s:16:”backwpup_backups”;b:1;s:25:”backwpup_backups_download”;b:1;s:23:”backwpup_backups_delete”;b:1;s:13:”backwpup_logs”;b:1;s:20:”backwpup_logs_delete”;b:1;s:17:”backwpup_settings”;b:1;s:16:”backwpup_restore”;b:1;}}s:14:”backwpup_check”;a:2:{s:4:”name”;s:21:”BackWPup jobs checker”;s:12:”capabilities”;a:12:{s:4:”read”;b:1;s:8:”backwpup”;b:1;s:13:”backwpup_jobs”;b:1;s:18:”backwpup_jobs_edit”;b:0;s:19:”backwpup_jobs_start”;b:0;s:16:”backwpup_backups”;b:1;s:25:”backwpup_backups_download”;b:0;s:23:”backwpup_backups_delete”;b:0;s:13:”backwpup_logs”;b:1;s:20:”backwpup_logs_delete”;b:0;s:17:”backwpup_settings”;b:0;s:16:”backwpup_restore”;b:0;}}s:15:”backwpup_helper”;a:2:{s:4:”name”;s:23:”BackWPup jobs functions”;s:12:”capabilities”;a:12:{s:4:”read”;b:1;s:8:”backwpup”;b:1;s:13:”backwpup_jobs”;b:1;s:18:”backwpup_jobs_edit”;b:0;s:19:”backwpup_jobs_start”;b:1;s:16:”backwpup_backups”;b:1;s:25:”backwpup_backups_download”;b:1;s:23:”backwpup_backups_delete”;b:1;s:13:”backwpup_logs”;b:1;s:20:”backwpup_logs_delete”;b:1;s:17:”backwpup_settings”;b:0;s:16:”backwpup_restore”;b:0;}}} Whereas it should have Administrator at least somewhere. And this … Read more