Get User Role

This plugin doesn’t do anything on the surface but if you call the get_user_role() function then you can achieve one of two results.

Function

Returns the role of the specified user.

Usage

Parameters

$user_id
(string)(optional) ‘username’

Return Values

(string) If no $user_id is specified in the function call the function will return the role of the currently logged in user, otherwise the role of the specified user will be returned.

Examples

$role = get_user_role(“admin”);

This will return “administrator”.

Notes

This plugin may call the following global variables:

$current_user
$wp_roles
$wpdb

This plugin is designed to work with any correctly made custom roles.

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

e.g.

1. Upload get_user_role.zip to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
3. Call get_user_role() as required

Can I use you plugin within my own plugins?

Of course you can, so long as you ask first. Just send me a message and add my name to the Contributors section.

1.0

• Creation.