Posts, Post Types: Introduce the `wp_list_table_show_post_checkbox` filter which allows the visibility of the bulk edit checkbox on the post list table to be controlled separately from the `edit_post` capability of the current user.

Props coreyw, alexstine

Fixes #51291

Built from https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@49950


git-svn-id: http://core.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@49649 1a063a9b-81f0-0310-95a4-ce76da25c4cd

wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php

@@ -925,7 +925,19 @@ class WP_Posts_List_Table extends WP_List_Table {
 	 * @param WP_Post $post The current WP_Post object.
 	 */
 	public function column_cb( $post ) {
-		if ( current_user_can( 'edit_post', $post->ID ) ) :
+		$show = current_user_can( 'edit_post', $post->ID );
+
+		/**
+		 * Filters whether to show the bulk edit checkbox for a post in its list table.
+		 *
+		 * By default the checkbox is only shown if the current user can edit the post.
+		 *
+		 * @since 5.7.0
+		 *
+		 * @param bool    $show Whether to show the checkbox.
+		 * @param WP_Post $post The current WP_Post object.
+		 */
+		if ( apply_filters( 'wp_list_table_show_post_checkbox', $show, $post ) ) :
 			?>
 			<label class="screen-reader-text" for="cb-select-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
 				<?php

wp-includes/version.php

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '5.7-alpha-49949';
+$wp_version = '5.7-alpha-49950';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.