User capability checks in Wordpress - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to check if the current user can edit posts.

Wordpress

<?php if (current_user_can([1])) { echo 'User can edit posts'; } ?>

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A'edit_posts'

B'manage_options'

C'publish_posts'

D'delete_posts'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'manage_options' which is for admin settings.

Using 'publish_posts' which checks publishing rights, not editing.

The current_user_can('edit_posts') function checks if the user has permission to edit posts.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to check if the current user can delete pages.

Wordpress

<?php if (current_user_can([1])) { echo 'User can delete pages'; } ?>

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A'edit_pages'

B'publish_pages'

C'delete_pages'

D'read_pages'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'edit_pages' which checks editing, not deleting.

Using 'publish_pages' which checks publishing rights.

The current_user_can('delete_pages') function checks if the user can delete pages.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly check if the user can manage options.

Wordpress

<?php if (current_user_can([1])) { echo 'User can manage options'; } ?>

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A'manage_options'

B'manage_option'

C'manage_optionss'

D'manage'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Misspelling the capability string.

Using singular form instead of plural.

The correct capability to check for managing options is 'manage_options'.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to check if the user can edit a specific post with ID 42.

Wordpress

<?php if (current_user_can([1], [2])) { echo 'User can edit this post'; } ?>

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A'edit_post'

B42

C'edit_posts'

D24

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'edit_posts' which checks general post editing, not a specific post.

Using wrong post ID.

Use current_user_can('edit_post', 42) to check if the user can edit the post with ID 42.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to check if the user can publish a post of type 'book'.

Wordpress

<?php if (current_user_can([1], [2], [3])) { echo 'User can publish book'; } ?>

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A'publish_post'

B'book'

C0

D'publish_books'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'publish_post' which is singular and generic.

Using wrong post type string.

Omitting the third argument.

The capability publish_books checks if the user can publish posts of type 'book'. The third argument 0 is often used as a placeholder for post ID when not needed.