Title: WP_REST_Comments_Controller::delete_item_permissions_check
Published: December 6, 2016
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_REST_Comments_Controller::delete_item_permissions_check( WP_REST_Request $request ): true|󠀁[WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/)󠁿

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_comments_controller/delete_item_permissions_check/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_comments_controller/delete_item_permissions_check/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_comments_controller/delete_item_permissions_check/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_comments_controller/delete_item_permissions_check/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_comments_controller/delete_item_permissions_check/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Checks if a given request has access to delete a comment.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_comments_controller/delete_item_permissions_check/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$request`[WP_REST_Request](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_request/)
required

Full details about the request.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_comments_controller/delete_item_permissions_check/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 true|[WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/) True
if the request has access to delete the item, error object otherwise.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_comments_controller/delete_item_permissions_check/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function delete_item_permissions_check( $request ) {
    	$comment = $this->get_comment( $request['id'] );
    	if ( is_wp_error( $comment ) ) {
    		return $comment;
    	}

    	if ( ! $this->check_edit_permission( $comment ) ) {
    		return new WP_Error(
    			'rest_cannot_delete',
    			__( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to delete this comment.' ),
    			array( 'status' => rest_authorization_required_code() )
    		);
    	}
    	return true;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-comments-controller.php/)
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[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-comments-controller.php#L1018-L1032)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_comments_controller/delete_item_permissions_check/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_REST_Comments_Controller::get_comment()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_comments_controller/get_comment/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-comments-controller.php` |

Get the comment, if the ID is valid.

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| [WP_REST_Comments_Controller::check_edit_permission()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_comments_controller/check_edit_permission/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-comments-controller.php` |

Checks if a comment can be edited or deleted.

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| [rest_authorization_required_code()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/rest_authorization_required_code/)`wp-includes/rest-api.php` |

Returns a contextual HTTP error code for authorization failure.

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| [__()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/__/)`wp-includes/l10n.php` |

Retrieves the translation of $text.

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| [is_wp_error()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/is_wp_error/)`wp-includes/load.php` |

Checks whether the given variable is a WordPress Error.

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| [WP_Error::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/__construct/)`wp-includes/class-wp-error.php` |

Initializes the error.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_comments_controller/delete_item_permissions_check/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [4.7.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.7.0/) | Introduced. |

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