wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php:1784Checks if a post can be read.
$postWP_Postbool public function check_read_permission( $post ) { $post_type = get_post_type_object( $post->post_type ); if ( ! $this->check_is_post_type_allowed( $post_type ) ) { return false; } // Is the post readable? if ( 'publish' === $post->post_status || current_user_can( 'read_post', $post->ID ) ) { return true; } $post_status_obj = get_post_status_object( $post->post_status ); if ( $post_status_obj && $post_status_obj->public ) { return true; } // Can we read the parent if we're inheriting? if ( 'inherit' === $post->post_status && $post->post_parent > 0 ) { $parent = get_post( $post->post_parent ); if ( $parent ) { return $this->check_read_permission( $parent ); } } /* * If there isn't a parent, but the status is set to inherit, assume * it's published (as per get_post_status()). */ if ( 'inherit' === $post->post_status ) { return true; } return false; }Introduced in 4.7.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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