Title: Update Documentation: current_user_can();
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Update Documentation: current_user_can();

 *  [Cleanforest.co](https://wordpress.org/support/users/noamcleanforestsolutionscom/)
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 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-documentation-current_user_can/)
 * In your documentation you wrote that when using current_user_can(), “..you can
   check for a specific role by inputting the role name instead of the capability
   name. It works the same way.”
 * The WordPress docs advises not pass a role name to current_user_can() as it is
   not guaranteed to work correctly. See Ticket #22624: [http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/22624](http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/22624).
 * Appthemes has created a good alternative function to use: [http://docs.appthemes.com/tutorials/wordpress-check-user-role-function/](http://docs.appthemes.com/tutorials/wordpress-check-user-role-function/)
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