A while back, I posted a fix for the “You Don’t Have Permission to do that” error that Wordpress 2+ sometimes gives when you try to create categories, edit posts, etc. My fix involved editing a core file, which not every user is comfortable doing (and you have to redo it every time you upgrade [...]

A while back, I posted a fix for the “You Don’t Have Permission to do that” error that Wordpress 2+ sometimes gives when you try to create categories, edit posts, etc. My fix involved editing a core file, which not every user is comfortable doing (and you have to redo it every time you upgrade Wordpress).

Thankfully, SparePencil has invented a plugin that takes care of it for you - and it’s more secure than the fix I posted. From the blog:

This problem causes several issues in the Admininistration Panel, such as You don’t have permission to do that and Are you sure you want to edit this page: “”?.

The solution I offered solves the problem in most cases, but it wasn’t really good. Main reason: I provided a patch for a pluggable function! Secondly, the solution was less secure than the original.

I reported a while back that Zoho’s Office plugin had suddenly stopped working for me in Excel and become uninstallable - an issue some other users had, too. Good news: Zoho is working on a new plugin. They offered me a chance to beta-test a version which would uninstall the old version and install a [...]

I reported a while back that Zoho’s Office plugin had suddenly stopped working for me in Excel and become uninstallable - an issue some other users had, too. Good news: Zoho is working on a new plugin. They offered me a chance to beta-test a version which would uninstall the old version and install a new working version. I tested it and it worked like a charm.

Look for an updated plugin in the next few days.