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1. BandonRandon
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I am working on a plugin and would like to check the users role before a certain action. I know I can use current_user_can() but this requires a checking against something like "edit_post" which works fine if only used from the code side. I however want the admin to be able to select a role from a drop down (like the current user role drop down on the user page) and then check against that role.

   Something like:
   if(user_role()=="editor"){//do something }

   This should be less confusing. I know that older versions of WordPress used user roles as numbers with admin being 10 I think this has been depreciated.

   Any Help would be great,
   Brooke

2. mrmist
   Forum Janitor
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I think from the PHP side you can use

   current_user_can ("editor")

   Etc..

3. opajaap
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Yes, i just modified my plugin wp-photo-album-plus in this way and it functions as expected.
   You can see 'roles' as capabilities.

   this will also work in add_menu_page() and add_submenu_page()

4. Mark / t31os
   Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Ideally you should be checking against a capability, Otto summed it up pretty well here.
   http://lists.automattic.com/pipermail/wp-hackers/2010-January/029737.html

   Not vital that you check against capability, but it makes more sense to get into a routine of checking against a capability if you intend to write code that's going to be distributed to users (who may have custom roles).

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