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wp_ajax_update_welcome_panel()

Ajax handler for updating whether to display the welcome panel.

Source

File: wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php 

function wp_ajax_update_welcome_panel() {
	check_ajax_referer( 'welcome-panel-nonce', 'welcomepanelnonce' );

	if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_theme_options' ) ) {
		wp_die( -1 );
	}

	update_user_meta( get_current_user_id(), 'show_welcome_panel', empty( $_POST['visible'] ) ? 0 : 1 );

	wp_die( 1 );
}

Uses

Uses Description
wp-includes/capabilities.php: current_user_can()

Returns whether the current user has the specified capability.
wp-includes/pluggable.php: check_ajax_referer()

Verifies the Ajax request to prevent processing requests external of the blog.
wp-includes/functions.php: wp_die()

Kills WordPress execution and displays HTML page with an error message.
wp-includes/user.php: update_user_meta()

Update user meta field based on user ID.
wp-includes/user.php: get_current_user_id()

Get the current user’s ID

Changelog

Version Description
3.1.0 Introduced.

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Licensed under the GNU GPLv2+ License.
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_ajax_update_welcome_panel