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* @package WPSEO\Admin\Capabilities
* Capability Utils collection.
class WPSEO_Capability_Utils {
* Checks if the user has the proper capabilities.
* @param string $capability Capability to check.
* @return bool True if the user has the proper rights.
public static function current_user_can( $capability ) {
if ( $capability === 'wpseo_manage_options' ) {
return self::has( $capability );
return self::has_any( [ 'wpseo_manage_options', $capability ] );
* Retrieves the users that have the specified capability.
* @param string $capability The name of the capability.
* @return array The users that have the capability.
public static function get_applicable_users( $capability ) {
$applicable_roles = self::get_applicable_roles( $capability );
if ( $applicable_roles === [] ) {
return get_users( [ 'role__in' => $applicable_roles ] );
* Retrieves the roles that have the specified capability.
* @param string $capability The name of the capability.
* @return array The names of the roles that have the capability.
public static function get_applicable_roles( $capability ) {
$role_names = $roles->get_names();
foreach ( array_keys( $role_names ) as $role_name ) {
$role = $roles->get_role( $role_name );
// Add role if it has the capability.
if ( array_key_exists( $capability, $role->capabilities ) && $role->capabilities[ $capability ] === true ) {
$applicable_roles[] = $role_name;
return $applicable_roles;
* Checks if the current user has at least one of the supplied capabilities.
* @param array $capabilities Capabilities to check against.
* @return bool True if the user has at least one capability.
protected static function has_any( array $capabilities ) {
foreach ( $capabilities as $capability ) {
if ( self::has( $capability ) ) {
* Checks if the user has a certain capability.
* @param string $capability Capability to check against.
* @return bool True if the user has the capability.
protected static function has( $capability ) {
return current_user_can( $capability );