Add WP user role as body class #wordpress

*Add WP user role to body class.md

Take the current user's wordpress role, and add it to the body class as role-[users role]

Add WP user role to body class - backend.php

<?php // ignore this line - only for styling

// Add WP user role to backend body class

add_filter('admin_body_class', 'add_role_to_admin_body');
function add_role_to_admin_body($classes) {
	global $current_user;
	$user = clone $current_user; //clone global var - we don't want to change it
	$user_role = array_shift($user->roles);
	$classes = 'role-'. $user_role;
	return $classes;
}

Add WP user role to body class - frontend.php

<?php // ignore this line - only for styling

// Add WP user role to frontend body class

add_filter('body_class','add_role_to_body');
function add_role_to_body($classes) {
	if ( is_user_logged_in() ) {
		$current_user = new WP_User(get_current_user_id());
		$user_role = array_shift($current_user->roles);
		$classes[] = 'role-'. $user_role;
	}
	return $classes;
}