Checks if the user can access password-protected content.

Description

This method determines whether we need to override the regular password check in core with a filter.

Parameters

$postWP_Postrequired

Post to check against.

$requestWP_REST_Requestrequired

Request data to check.

Return

Source

public function can_access_password_content( $post, $request ) {
	if ( empty( $post->post_password ) ) {
		// No filter required.
		return false;
	}

	/*
	 * Users always gets access to password protected content in the edit
	 * context if they have the `edit_post` meta capability.
	 */
	if (
		'edit' === $request['context'] &&
		current_user_can( 'edit_post', $post->ID )
	) {
		return true;
	}

	// No password, no auth.
	if ( empty( $request['password'] ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	// Double-check the request password.
	return hash_equals( $post->post_password, $request['password'] );
}

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