How to check if currently in Wordpress Admin?

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Duh, this was too obvious. For some reason I was thinking this had to do with an admin user.if(is_admin()) { ...output my admin stuff....}

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If you want to know whether current user IS ADMIN, then you should use this:

   $is_admin = current_user_can( 'manage_options' );

I got misguided by the above answer, so a little note to keep others from making the same mistake.

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Note that is_admin() only works in the backend. For any part of the plugin that shows on the public website you need to use current_user_can().

if ( current_user_can( 'administrator' ) ) {  // your code goes here}

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