Returns whether the current user has the specified capability.

Description

This function also accepts an ID of an object to check against if the capability is a meta capability. Meta capabilities such as edit_post and edit_user are capabilities used by the map_meta_cap() function to map to primitive capabilities that a user or role has, such as edit_posts and edit_others_posts.

Example usage:

current_user_can( 'edit_posts' );
current_user_can( 'edit_post', $post->ID );
current_user_can( 'edit_post_meta', $post->ID, $meta_key );

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.

See also

• WP_User::has_cap()
• map_meta_cap()

Parameters

$capabilitystringrequired

Capability name.

$argsmixedoptional

Optional further parameters, typically starting with an object ID.

Return

Source

function current_user_can( $capability, ...$args ) {
	return user_can( wp_get_current_user(), $capability, ...$args );
}

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