Title: retrieve user_ID in plugin
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# retrieve user_ID in plugin

 *  [bernardflach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bernardflach/)
 * (@bernardflach)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/retrieve-user_id-in-plugin/)
 * Is it possible retrieve the logged in user_id within a plugin ?

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 *  [viper007bond](https://wordpress.org/support/users/viper007bond/)
 * (@viper007bond)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/retrieve-user_id-in-plugin/#post-370946)
 * Make it a global and if it’s still not set, use this function to set it:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_currentuserinfo](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_currentuserinfo)

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 * Last reply from: [viper007bond](https://wordpress.org/support/users/viper007bond/)
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