Title: Why current_user_can('edit_comment') always true?
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Why current_user_can('edit_comment') always true?

 *  Resolved [Caio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/umagrama/)
 * (@umagrama)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-current_user_canedit_comment-always-true/)
 * I am always getting TRUE for current_user_can(‘edit_comment’); on two different
   installations of WordPress (4.2.2 and 4.2.4) no matter what role the user is.
   Even when the user is logged out.
 * I tested this on a clean WP install and got the same result.
 * Why would this be?
 * What this is causing:
    On comments, the ‘Edit’ comment link points to the back
   end edit-comment action even for registered users without the role/capability.
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 *  Thread Starter [Caio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/umagrama/)
 * (@umagrama)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-current_user_canedit_comment-always-true/#post-6446443)
 * This is where the problem is:
 * >  FILE: tpl-comment.php
   >  LINE 173: if ( current_user_can(‘edit_comment’, $comment-
   > >comment_ID)) { … }
 * WordPress core doesn’t seem to support ‘edit_comment’ capability.
 *  Thread Starter [Caio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/umagrama/)
 * (@umagrama)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-current_user_canedit_comment-always-true/#post-6446446)
 * Well, I replaced line 173 with
 * >  if ( current_user_can(‘edit_comment’, $comment->comment_ID) && ( current_user_can(‘
   > administrator’) || current_user_can(‘editor’) ) ) { … }
 *  Plugin Author [gVectors Team](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gvectors-team/)
 * (@gvectors-team)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-current_user_canedit_comment-always-true/#post-6446593)
 * Hi Bear,
    The “Edit” link is an AJAX link which replaces the comment content 
   to textarea then allows you to edit text and save, like it’s shown here: //ps.
   w.org/wpdiscuz/assets/screenshot-4.png?rev=1158718 However only for Admins and
   editors it redirects to Dashboard>Comments Edit page to allow use full editing
   options. So if it doesn’t work like I explained above then something wrong on
   your end. May be a Theme or Plugin conflict.

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 * [capability](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/capability/)
 * [filter](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/filter/)
 * [permission](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permission/)
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 * Last activity: [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-current_user_canedit_comment-always-true/#post-6446593)
 * Status: resolved