wp-admin/includes/post.php:1715Determines whether the post is currently being edited by another user.
$postint|WP_Postint|falseOne hook fires while wp_check_post_lock() runs, in this order:
Filters the post lock window duration.
function wp_check_post_lock( $post ) { $post = get_post( $post ); if ( ! $post ) { return false; } $lock = get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_edit_lock', true ); if ( ! $lock ) { return false; } $lock = explode( ':', $lock ); $time = $lock[0]; $user = isset( $lock[1] ) ? (int) $lock[1] : (int) get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_edit_last', true ); if ( ! get_userdata( $user ) ) { return false; } /** This filter is documented in wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php */ $time_window = apply_filters( 'wp_check_post_lock_window', 150 ); if ( $time && $time > time() - $time_window && get_current_user_id() !== $user ) { return $user; } return false;}Introduced in 2.5.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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src/wp-admin/includes/post.php, and regenerated for each WordPress release so it tracks the code rather than a snapshot of it.