Error: How to allow the “contributor” to upload media in wordpress
This is what I just used, maybe there was a problem in past versions of WordPress or your theme. function allow_contrib_upload() { // get the role $contrib = get_role( ‘contributor’ ); // add the upload capability $contrib->add_cap( ‘upload_files’ ); } add_action( ‘admin_init’, ‘allow_contrib_upload’, 11 );