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Function Reference/map meta cap

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Description

Map meta capabilities to primitive capabilities.

This does not actually compare whether the user ID has the actual capability, just what the capability or capabilities are. Meta capability list value can be 'delete_user', 'edit_user', 'remove_user', 'promote_user', 'delete_post', 'delete_page', 'edit_post', 'edit_page', 'read_post', or 'read_page'.

Parameters

$cap
(string) (required) Capability name.
Default: None
$user_id
(integer) (required) User ID.
Default: None

Return Values

(array) 
Actual capabilities for meta capability.

Change Log

Since: 2.0

Source File

map_meta_cap() is located in wp-includes/capabilities.php