Title: WP_REST_Widgets_Controller::get_items_permissions_check
Published: July 20, 2021
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_REST_Widgets_Controller::get_items_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_widgets_controller/get_items_permissions_check/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_widgets_controller/get_items_permissions_check/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_widgets_controller/get_items_permissions_check/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_widgets_controller/get_items_permissions_check/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_widgets_controller/get_items_permissions_check/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Checks if a given request has access to get widgets.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_widgets_controller/get_items_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_widgets_controller/get_items_permissions_check/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

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

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

    ```php
    public function get_items_permissions_check( $request ) {
    	$this->retrieve_widgets();
    	if ( isset( $request['sidebar'] ) && $this->check_read_sidebar_permission( $request['sidebar'] ) ) {
    		return true;
    	}

    	foreach ( wp_get_sidebars_widgets() as $sidebar_id => $widget_ids ) {
    		if ( $this->check_read_sidebar_permission( $sidebar_id ) ) {
    			return true;
    		}
    	}

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

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-widgets-controller.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-widgets-controller.php#L115)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-widgets-controller.php#L115-L128)

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_REST_Widgets_Controller::retrieve_widgets()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_widgets_controller/retrieve_widgets/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-widgets-controller.php` |

Looks for “lost” widgets once per request.

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| [WP_REST_Widgets_Controller::check_read_sidebar_permission()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_widgets_controller/check_read_sidebar_permission/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-widgets-controller.php` |

Checks if a sidebar can be read publicly.

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| [WP_REST_Widgets_Controller::permissions_check()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_widgets_controller/permissions_check/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-widgets-controller.php` |

Performs a permissions check for managing widgets.

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

Retrieves the full list of sidebars and their widget instance IDs.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [5.8.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.8.0/) | Introduced. |

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