How to Check if the Current User is Administrator in WP

current_user_can function: Check if the current user has a specified ability

The current_user_can function is responsible for checking if the current user has a specified ability or not.

We can use this function to check if the current user is an administrator or not.

current_user_can function syntax

WordPress current_user_can function needs two parameters to work as you need.

it just checks if the current user can do something with something or not!

current_user_can($capability, $object_id, ...$moreArgs)

$capability determines what ability you want to check.

$object_id determines what is the ID of the object you need the ability to be checked for (optional).

…$moreArgs in syntax means that you can define more arguments based on the function usage.

How to use current_user_can function to Check if the current user is an Admin

If you check the administrator capability for the current user, you can determine if the current user is an admin or not:

if(current_user_can('administrator')){
     //current user is an administrator

}

DO NOT Use is_admin() to Detect an Administrator User

is_admin() is the function to check if the user is currently in the admin panel; it does not work on the frontend of the WordPress.