wp_get_current_user(): WP_User

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   Codex 10 years ago

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   Default Usage
   The call to wp_get_current_user() returns the WP_User object.

   <?php
   $current_user = wp_get_current_user();
   
   /*
    * @example Safe usage: $current_user = wp_get_current_user();
    * if ( ! ( $current_user instanceof WP_User ) ) {
    *     return;
    * }
    */
   printf( __( 'Username: %s', 'textdomain' ), esc_html( $current_user->user_login ) ) . '<br />';
   printf( __( 'User email: %s', 'textdomain' ), esc_html( $current_user->user_email ) ) . '<br />';
   printf( __( 'User first name: %s', 'textdomain' ), esc_html( $current_user->user_firstname ) ) . '<br />';
   printf( __( 'User last name: %s', 'textdomain' ), esc_html( $current_user->user_lastname ) ) . '<br />';
   printf( __( 'User display name: %s', 'textdomain' ), esc_html( $current_user->display_name ) ) . '<br />';
   printf( __( 'User ID: %s', 'textdomain' ), esc_html( $current_user->ID ) );
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   rmdundon 5 years ago

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   Just want the ID (and nothing else)?

   Just use get_current_user_id() instead:

      $current_user_id = get_current_user_id();
      $current_user = wp_get_current_user();
    

   • When using this in the constructor of a class I found this function gave an error. Turned out it was this point, I didn’t wait till plugins loaded. Good point.

     spinozarabel 4 years ago
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   marale 7 years ago

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   You can use it from the plugins_loaded hook on.

   • This doesn’t seem to be correct. On this page it is listed as firing before “init” hook, which is a hook when current user is being set: “Init: Typically used by plugins to initialize. The current user is already authenticated by this time.”

     LatePoint 2 years ago
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   Akramul Hasan 1 year ago

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   Checking User Role

   This example demonstrates how to find if the user is an admin.

   $user = wp_get_current_user();
   
   if ( in_array( 'administrator', $user->roles ) ) {
   	// If the user is an admin, do something
   } else {
   	// If the user is not an admin, do something
   	echo do_shortcode( '[posts_table id="1" author="' . $user_id . '"]' );
   }
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   Codex 10 years ago

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   Checking Other User Attributes
   This example demonstrates how to manually determine if a user is logged in.

   IMPORTANT NOTE: This is for demonstration purposes ONLY. The correct way to determine whether a user is logged in is to use the function is_user_logged_in().

   function wpdocs_check_logged_in() {
   	$current_user = wp_get_current_user();
   	if ( 0 == $current_user->ID ) {
   	    // Not logged in.
   	} else {
   	    // Logged in.
   	}
   }
   add_action( 'init', 'wpdocs_check_logged_in' );