WP_Customize_Panel::check_capabilities(): bool
- Since
- 4.0.0, 5.9.0
- Source
wp-includes/class-wp-customize-panel.php:245
Compatibility
- WordPress
- since 5.9.0
- PHP
- 7.4–8.6-dev
- 6.7.7
- 6.8.8
- 6.9.7
- 7.0.4
- 7.1.0
Present in every tracked release (6.7.7 to 7.1.0), and compiles on PHP 7.4 through 8.6-dev.
Return value
bool- False if theme doesn't support the panel or the user doesn't have the capability.
Performance profile
How much work a call to WP_Customize_Panel::check_capabilities() does, and what it touches: the algorithmic scaling, the Zend instruction count per call across PHP versions, the hooks it hands control to, and the core code that calls it. Measured from the compiled opcodes, not a stopwatch, so every number is identical on any machine running the same PHP version, and every function in core is ranked by cost.
- Cost class
- Trivial
- Scaling
- Constant
- Instructions
- 5–18
- Plugin surface
- None
- Called by
- 1
Touches nothing outside its own arguments.
No loop in the body: the same number of instructions runs whatever you pass in.
Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 20.
Nothing here hands control to plugin code.
1 place in core call this, so the cost is paid more often than your own code shows.
What it touches
- hookthird-party callbacks
apply_filters()one call below WP_Customize_Panel::check_capabilities()
Further down the call graph this can also reach query. That is the worst case, several calls deep and usually down an error path, not what a normal call pays.
What one call costs · 4 distinct outcomes
One number would be a lie: the work depends on which branch runs. These are every distinct cost WP_Customize_Panel::check_capabilities() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.
| When | Instructions | Calls it makes |
|---|---|---|
| always | 5 | none |
| always | 9–11 | current_user_can() |
| always | 12 | current_theme_supports() |
current_user_can() | 18 | current_user_can(), current_theme_supports() |
Across PHP versions
| PHP | Compiled | Executed | Branches | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.6-dev | 20 | 5–18 | 4 | |
| 8.5 | 20 | 5–18 | 4 | |
| 8.4 | 20 | 5–18 | 4 | |
| 8.3 | 20 | 5–18 | 4 | |
| 8.2 | 20 | 5–18 | 4 | |
| 8.1 | 20 | 5–18 | 4 | 1 more instruction than PHP 7.4 |
| 7.4 | 19 | 5–17 | 4 |
An instruction is not a fixed amount of time, so a matching count is not necessarily the same speed; what it rules out is a difference in the work itself.
Uses · 2
- current_user_can()Returns whether the current user has the specified capability.
- current_theme_supports()Checks a theme's support for a given feature.
Used by · 1
- WP_Customize_Panel::maybe_render()Check capabilities and render the panel.
Source code
public function check_capabilities() { if ( $this->capability && ! current_user_can( $this->capability ) ) { return false; } if ( $this->theme_supports && ! current_theme_supports( ...(array) $this->theme_supports ) ) { return false; } return true; }Changelog
Introduced in 4.0.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.
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