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