---
id: wp_ability_permission_result
title: "Filter - wp_ability_permission_result"
sidebar_label: "wp_ability_permission_result"
---

# Filter: wp_ability_permission_result

Core's permission filter (WordPress 7.1), with core's arguments except the last: core passes the `WP_Ability`, which does not exist here. Documented in `wp-includes/abilities-api/class-wp-ability.php`.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Description |
|------|------|-------------|
| $permission | `bool\|\WP_Error` | The permission result so far: always a pass here. |
| $ability_name | `string` | The name of the ability. |
| $input | `mixed` | The input data for the permission check. |
| $ability | `null` | Null; core passes the <code>WP_Ability</code>. |

### Source

Defined in `MergeTags/AbilitiesFallback.php` at line 243