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author_can › WordPress Function

Since2.9.0
Deprecatedn/a
› author_can ( $post, $capability, $args )
Parameters: (3)
  • (int|WP_Post) $post Post ID or post object.
    Required: Yes
  • (string) $capability Capability name.
    Required: Yes
  • (mixed) $args Optional further parameters, typically starting with an object ID.
    Required: Yes
Returns:
  • (bool) Whether the post author has the given capability.
Defined at:
Codex:
Change Log:
  • 5.3.0

Returns whether the author of the supplied post has the specified capability.

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


Related Functions: the_author_aim, the_author_msn, user_can, the_author_icq, the_author_meta

Source 

function author_can( $post, $capability, ...$args ) {
	$post = get_post( $post );
	if ( ! $post ) {
		return false;
	}

	$author = get_userdata( $post->post_author );

	if ( ! $author ) {
		return false;
	}

	return $author->has_cap( $capability, ...$args );
}