email_exists() │ WP 2.1.0

Checks whether the given email exists.

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Uses: get_user_by()
Hooks from the function

Return

Int|false. The user ID on success, false on failure.

Usage

email_exists( $email );
$email(string) (required)
The email to check for existence.

Examples

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#1 Checking a user's email when registering

If the email exists, it will display the ID of the user registered with that email. Otherwise, it will print the message that the entered email address is free and the user can be registered.

$email = '[email protected]';

$email_exists = email_exists( $email );

if( $email_exists ){
	echo "This email is registered to user ID: {$email_exists}";
}
else {
	echo 'You can use this email to register, it does not belong to any user';
}

Changelog

Since 2.1.0 Introduced.

email_exists() code WP 6.8

wp-includes/user.php 
function email_exists( $email ) {
	$user = get_user_by( 'email', $email );
	if ( $user ) {
		$user_id = $user->ID;
	} else {
		$user_id = false;
	}

	/**
	 * Filters whether the given email exists.
	 *
	 * @since 5.6.0
	 *
	 * @param int|false $user_id The user ID associated with the email,
	 *                           or false if the email does not exist.
	 * @param string    $email   The email to check for existence.
	 */
	return apply_filters( 'email_exists', $user_id, $email );
}

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