Purpose
- Retrieves the current user object.
Implementation
- Include in
- Plugin
- functions.php of active theme
<?php
$current_user = wp_get_current_user();
Example of output of Object $current_user
WP_User Object
(
[data] => stdClass Object
(
[ID] => 8
[user_login] => subscriber
[user_pass] => {Users Password}
[user_nicename] => subscriber
[user_email] => subscriber@sblik.com
[user_url] =>
[user_registered] => 2023-05-02 19:41:27
[user_activation_key] =>
[user_status] => 0
[display_name] => Subscriber Sblik
)
[ID] => 8
[caps] => Array
(
[subscriber] => 1
)
[cap_key] => wp_capabilities
[roles] => Array
(
[0] => subscriber
)
[allcaps] => Array
(
[read] => 1
[level_0] => 1
[subscriber] => 1
)
[filter] =>
[site_id:WP_User:private] => 1
)