Title: Initial implementation of Files ACL Endpoint
Author: WordPress VIP Documentation
Published: January 28, 2021
Last modified: August 5, 2025

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 3. Initial implementation of Files ACL Endpoint

# Initial implementation of Files ACL Endpoint

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 28 January 2021

21:59:37 GMT+0000

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This allows us to restrict access to files based on different signals from the request(
e.g. inherited post status, user permissions, etc.). More technical details and 
discussion available [here](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/1902#issuecomment-755390156).

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/1902

#mu-plugins, #file-access-control, #security