Title: WP_REST_Sidebars_Controller::check_read_permission
Published: February 3, 2022
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_REST_Sidebars_Controller::check_read_permission( array $sidebar ): bool

## In this article

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

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Checks if a sidebar can be read publicly.

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

 `$sidebar`arrayrequired

The registered sidebar configuration.

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

 bool Whether the side can be read.

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

    ```php
    protected function check_read_permission( $sidebar ) {
    	return ! empty( $sidebar['show_in_rest'] );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-sidebars-controller.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-sidebars-controller.php#L178)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-sidebars-controller.php#L178-L180)

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_REST_Sidebars_Controller::get_items_permissions_check()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_sidebars_controller/get_items_permissions_check/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-sidebars-controller.php` |

Checks if a given request has access to get sidebars.

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| [WP_REST_Sidebars_Controller::get_items()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_sidebars_controller/get_items/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-sidebars-controller.php` |

Retrieves the list of sidebars (active or inactive).

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

Checks if a given request has access to get a single sidebar.

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

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

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