Title: WP_REST_Menu_Items_Controller::get_item_permissions_check
Published: February 3, 2022
Last modified: August 20, 2026

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# WP_REST_Menu_Items_Controller::get_item_permissions_check( WP_REST_Request $request ): bool|󠀁[WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/)󠁿

## In this article

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

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Checks if a given request has access to read a menu item if they have access to 
edit them.

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

 bool|[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 or false otherwise.

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

    ```php
    public function get_item_permissions_check( $request ) {
    	$permission_check = parent::get_item_permissions_check( $request );

    	if ( true !== $permission_check ) {
    		return $permission_check;
    	}

    	return $this->check_has_read_only_access( $request );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-menu-items-controller.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.1/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-menu-items-controller.php#L62)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.1/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-menu-items-controller.php#L62-L70)

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_REST_Menu_Items_Controller::check_has_read_only_access()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_menu_items_controller/check_has_read_only_access/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-menu-items-controller.php` |

Checks whether the current user has read permission for the endpoint.

  | 
| [WP_REST_Posts_Controller::get_item_permissions_check()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_posts_controller/get_item_permissions_check/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php` |

Checks if a given request has access to read a post.

  |

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

| Version | Description | 
| [5.9.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.9.0/) | Introduced. |

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