id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc
16490,Rename is_x_admin() functions to in_x_admin(),apeatling,,"The functions `is_admin()`, `is_blog_admin()`, `is_network_admin()` and `is_user_admin()` all share the same problem -- they read like they are checking user capabilities.

This is made worse with genuine user capability checking functions like `is_super_admin()`.

When writing code utilizing these functions it's simple to confuse other developers since they'd automatically assume that `if ( is_user_admin() ) {}` is checking if a user is an admin.

Since all of these functions other than `is_admin()` are new in 3.1, I'm hoping we can avoid compounding the problem in the next release and change them all to `in_x_admin()` since this more accurately reflects what the functions are doing -- checking if the request is inside an admin page.

I've attached a patch with the changes needed. I've also deprecated the `is_admin()` function and replaced it with `in_admin()`.",enhancement,closed,normal,,Administration,3.1,normal,wontfix,has-patch,bananastalktome@… bpetty