[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #38483: REST API: (CPT) Status handling doesn't account for edit_published_posts

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#38483: REST API: (CPT) Status handling doesn't account for edit_published_posts
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 Reporter:  adamsilverstein  |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)     |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:  4.7
Component:  REST API         |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal           |   Keywords:  needs-patch
  Focuses:                   |
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 Moving this ticket over from Github: https://github.com/WP-API/WP-
 API/issues/2050.

 JakePT commented on Jan 18:

 ''I'm trying out the API for the first time, and am enjoying it greatly,
 but I've run into one issue that I can't seem to get around.''

 ''The issue is a mismatch between how wp-admin handles post editing
 capabilities and the API does.''

 ''I have a Custom Post Type, item, and have map_meta_cap set to true, and
 capabilitiy_type set to array( 'item', 'items' ). I have given the
 Administrator role the all the capabilities, but only given Editor
 edit_items edit_others_items and edit_published_items.''

 ''In wp-admin it works as expected, the user can edit existing Items, even
 ones created by others, but cannot publish new ones (only submit them for
 review), and they can't delete them. This is exactly what I want.''

 ''The problem is that with the API when an Editor submits an update to an
 Item, if the model's status is set to publish the API always checks for
 current_user_can( $post_type->cap->publish_posts ), even if the post was
 previously published.''

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