I have this code:

// check frontend user privileges
$canEdit = is_user_logged_in() && (current_user_can('edit_posts') || current_user_can('edit_pages'));

But I am not sure it is right. Front end users who are logged in can’t create or edit posts on my site but they can create an edit forum topics and replies.

What is the correct syntax?

[@robin-w Moderator 4 years, 8 months ago]

bbpress uses

edit_topics and edit_replies so doesn’t use the capabilities above

but suspect your code needs an if statement, so I’d do

// check frontend user privileges
if ( is_user_logged_in() && ( (current_user_can('edit_posts') || current_user_can('edit_pages') ) ) $canEdit = true ;

[@ajtruckle Participant 4 years, 8 months ago]

Thanks. Only mistake there is that you forgot to insert your corrected edit terms into the if statement. 🙂

Thanks alot.

[@robin-w Moderator 4 years, 8 months ago]

🙂