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title: "How does GravityView know who can edit the entry?"
date: 2026-04-23
author: "GravityKit"
link: "https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/edit-entry/how-does-gravityview-know-who-can-edit-the-entry/"
---

GravityView performs two checks before allowing a user to edit an entry on the front end:

###  1. By the entry creator 

 By the entry creator: [if the form was submitted while a user was logged in](https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/advanced/understanding-how-an-entry-gets-associated-with-a-user/) on the website, then the user ID of this currently logged-in user is stored as entry meta. GravityView will compare this ID stored as an entry meta against the ID of the currently logged-in user. If it matches, then the user can edit the entry.

### 2. By user capability

 By a specific user capability: we have a knowledge base article specifically made for this: [Allowing a user to edit all entries](https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/edit-entry/how-to-allow-a-user-to-edit-all-entries/).