current_user_can() – Whether the current user has a specific capability.

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Description

Whether the current user has a specific capability.

While checking against particular roles in place of a capability is supported in part, this practice is discouraged as it may produce unreliable results. Note: Will always return true if the current user is a super admin, unless specifically denied.

Usage

$bool = current_user_can( $capability );

Parameters

$capability: ( string ) required – Capability name.

Returns

bool Whether the current user has the given capability. If $capability is a meta cap and $object_id is passed, whether the current user has the given meta capability for the given object.

Source

File name: wordpress/wp-includes/capabilities.php
Lines: 1 to 12 of 12

function current_user_can( $capability ) {
  $current_user = wp_get_current_user();

  if ( empty( $current_user ) ) {
    return false;
  }

  $args = array_slice( func_get_args(), 1 );
  $args = array_merge( array( $capability ), $args );

  return call_user_func_array( array( $current_user, 'has_cap' ), $args );
}

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