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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @group term
+ *
+ * @covers ::is_term_publicly_viewable
+ */
+class Tests_Term_IsTermPubliclyViewable extends WP_UnitTestCase {
+	/**
+	 * Unit tests for is_term_publicly_viewable().
+	 *
+	 * @ticket 56215
+	 */
+	public function test_non_existent_term_is_not_publicly_viewable() {
+		$this->assertFalse( is_term_publicly_viewable( 123 ) );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Unit tests for is_term_publicly_viewable().
+	 *
+	 * @dataProvider data_is_term_publicly_viewable
+	 * @ticket 56215
+	 *
+	 * @param string $taxonomy The taxonomy name.
+	 * @param bool   $expected The expected result of the function call.
+	 */
+	public function test_is_term_publicly_viewable( $taxonomy, $expected ) {
+		$term_id = $this->factory()->term->create(
+			array(
+				'taxonomy' => $taxonomy,
+			)
+		);
+
+		$this->assertSame( $expected, is_term_publicly_viewable( $term_id ) );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Data provider for test_is_term_publicly_viewable().
+	 *
+	 * return array[] {
+	 *     @type string $taxonomy The taxonomy.
+	 *     @type bool   $expected The expected result of the function call.
+	 * }
+	 */
+	public function data_is_term_publicly_viewable() {
+		return array(
+			array( 'category', true ),
+			array( 'post_tag', true ),
+			array( 'post_format', true ),
+
+			array( 'nav_menu', false ),
+			array( 'wp_theme', false ),
+			array( 'wp_template_part_area', false ),
+		);
+	}
+}