Title: WP_REST_Icons_Controller::get_item_permissions_check
Published: May 20, 2026

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# WP_REST_Icons_Controller::get_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_icons_controller/get_item_permissions_check/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_icons_controller/get_item_permissions_check/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_icons_controller/get_item_permissions_check/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_icons_controller/get_item_permissions_check/?output_format=md#related)

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Checks if a given request has access to read a specific icon.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_icons_controller/get_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_icons_controller/get_item_permissions_check/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

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

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

    ```php
    public function get_item_permissions_check( $request ) {
    	$check = $this->get_items_permissions_check( $request );
    	if ( is_wp_error( $check ) ) {
    		return $check;
    	}

    	return true;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-icons-controller.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-icons-controller.php#L105)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-icons-controller.php#L105-L112)

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_REST_Icons_Controller::get_items_permissions_check()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_icons_controller/get_items_permissions_check/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-icons-controller.php` |

Checks whether a given request has permission to read icons.

  | 
| [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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