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wp_ajax_dismiss_wp_pointer()

wp_ajax_dismiss_wp_pointer()

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Handles dismissing a WordPress pointer via AJAX.

Source

function wp_ajax_dismiss_wp_pointer() {	$pointer = $_POST['pointer'];	if ( sanitize_key( $pointer ) !== $pointer ) {	wp_die( 0 );	}	// check_ajax_referer( 'dismiss-pointer_' . $pointer );	$dismissed = array_filter( explode( ',', (string) get_user_meta( get_current_user_id(), 'dismissed_wp_pointers', true ) ) );	if ( in_array( $pointer, $dismissed, true ) ) {	wp_die( 0 );	}	$dismissed[] = $pointer;	$dismissed = implode( ',', $dismissed );	update_user_meta( get_current_user_id(), 'dismissed_wp_pointers', $dismissed );	wp_die( 1 ); }

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UsesDescription
get_user_meta()wp-includes/user.php

Retrieves user meta field for a user.

update_user_meta()wp-includes/user.php

Updates user meta field based on user ID.

sanitize_key()wp-includes/formatting.php

Sanitizes a string key.

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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