wp-includes/capabilities.php:1181Determines whether user is a site admin.
$user_idint|falseoptionalfalseboolfunction is_super_admin( $user_id = false ) { if ( ! $user_id ) { $user = wp_get_current_user(); } else { $user = get_userdata( $user_id ); } if ( ! $user || ! $user->exists() ) { return false; } if ( is_multisite() ) { $super_admins = get_super_admins(); if ( is_array( $super_admins ) && in_array( $user->user_login, $super_admins, true ) ) { return true; } } elseif ( $user->has_cap( 'delete_users' ) ) { return true; } return false;}Introduced in 3.0.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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