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WordPress: Check if user role exists
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| function role_exists( $role ) { | |
| if( ! empty( $role ) ) { | |
| return $GLOBALS['wp_roles']->is_role( $role ); | |
| } | |
| return false; | |
| } |
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| if( role_exists( 'editor' ) ) { | |
| // The 'editor' role exists! | |
| } |
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Rather than get_role(), which returns the
WP_Roleobject, if you're really only interested in knowing whether a role exists (for example, if you want to determine whether toremove_role()or something), how aboutwp_roles()->is_role( 'role-name' );? Maybe a tiny bit more efficient thanget_role()and a bit more future-proof than digging directly into the global$wp_roles.