What is the proper way to get logged in user id in a plugin?
If you’re inside a plugin, WordPress is already loaded. You don’t need to load it yourself. Inside whatever function needs the user ID, you need to do two things: Globalize the user data variable Populate the user data variable Here’s some pseudocode: function some_function_that_needs_user_info() { global $current_user; get_currentuserinfo(); // Now reference $current_user->ID in your code. … Read more