wp-includes/capabilities.php:45Maps a capability to the primitive capabilities required of the given user to satisfy the capability being checked.
$capstring$user_idint$argsmixedstring[]4 hooks fire while map_meta_cap() runs, in this order:
Filters whether the user is allowed to edit a specific meta key of a specific object type and subtype.
Filters whether the user is allowed to edit a specific meta key of a specific object type.
Filters whether the user is allowed to edit meta for specific object types/subtypes.
Filters the primitive capabilities required of the given user to satisfy the capability being checked.
function map_meta_cap( $cap, $user_id, ...$args ) { $caps = array(); switch ( $cap ) { case 'remove_user': // In multisite the user must be a super admin to remove themselves. if ( isset( $args[0] ) && $user_id === (int) $args[0] && ! is_super_admin( $user_id ) ) { $caps[] = 'do_not_allow'; } else { $caps[] = 'remove_users'; } break; case 'promote_user': case 'add_users': $caps[] = 'promote_users'; break; case 'edit_user': case 'edit_users': // Non-existent users can't edit users, not even themselves. if ( $user_id < 1 ) { $caps[] = 'do_not_allow'; break; } // Allow user to edit themselves. if ( 'edit_user' === $cap && isset( $args[0] ) && $user_id === (int) $args[0] ) { break; } // In multisite the user must have manage_network_users caps. If editing a super admin, the user must be a super admin. if ( is_multisite() && ( ( ! is_super_admin( $user_id ) && 'edit_user' === $cap && is_super_admin( $args[0] ) ) || ! user_can( $user_id, 'manage_network_users' ) ) ) { $caps[] = 'do_not_allow'; } else { $caps[] = 'edit_users'; // edit_user maps to edit_users. } break; case 'delete_post': case 'delete_page': if ( ! isset( $args[0] ) ) { if ( 'delete_post' === $cap ) { /* translators: %s: Capability name. */ $message = __( 'When checking for the %s capability, you must always check it against a specific post.' ); } else { /* translators: %s: Capability name. */ $message = __( 'When checking for the %s capability, you must always check it against a specific page.' ); } _doing_it_wrong( __FUNCTION__, sprintf( $message, '<code>' . $cap . '</code>' ), '6.1.0' ); $caps[] = 'do_not_allow'; break; } $post = get_post( $args[0] ); if ( ! $post ) { $caps[] = 'do_not_allow'; break; } if ( 'revision' === $post->post_type ) { $caps[] = 'do_not_allow'; break; } if ( (int) get_option( 'page_for_posts' ) === $post->ID || (int) get_option( 'page_on_front' ) === $post->ID ) { $caps[] = 'manage_options'; break; } $post_type = get_post_type_object( $post->post_type ); if ( ! $post_type ) { /* translators: 1: Post type, 2: Capability name. */ $message = __( 'The post type %1$s is not registered, so it may not be reliable to check the capability %2$s against a post of that type.' );Introduced in 2.0.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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src/wp-includes/capabilities.php, and regenerated for each WordPress release so it tracks the code rather than a snapshot of it.