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wp_ajax_update_welcome_panel()

wp_ajax_update_welcome_panel()

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Handles updating whether to display the welcome panel via AJAX.

Source

function wp_ajax_update_welcome_panel() {
	check_ajax_referer( 'welcome-panel-nonce', 'welcomepanelnonce' );

	if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_theme_options' ) ) {
		wp_die( -1 );
	}

	update_user_meta( get_current_user_id(), 'show_welcome_panel', empty( $_POST['visible'] ) ? 0 : 1 );

	wp_die( 1 );
}

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UsesDescription
update_user_meta()wp-includes/user.php

Updates user meta field based on user ID.

current_user_can()wp-includes/capabilities.php

Returns whether the current user has the specified capability.

check_ajax_referer()wp-includes/pluggable.php

Verifies the Ajax request to prevent processing requests external of the blog.

wp_die()wp-includes/functions.php

Kills WordPress execution and displays HTML page with an error message.

get_current_user_id()wp-includes/user.php

Gets the current user’s ID.

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Changelog

VersionDescription
3.1.0Introduced.

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