wp_list_users() │ WP 5.9.0
List all the users of the site, with several options available.
1 time — 0.0159421 sec (extremely slow) | 50000 times — 208.82 sec (extremely slow)
Return
String|null
. The output if echo is false. Otherwise null.
Usage
wp_list_users( $args );
- $args(string|array)
Array or string of default arguments.
Default: array()
-
orderby(string)
How to sort the users. Accepts 'nicename', 'email', 'url', 'registered', 'user_nicename', 'user_email', 'user_url', 'user_registered', 'name', 'display_name', 'post_count', 'ID', 'meta_value', 'user_login'.
Default: 'name'
-
order(string)
Sorting direction for $orderby. Accepts 'ASC', 'DESC'.
Default: 'ASC'
-
number(int)
Maximum users to return or display.
Default: empty (all users)
-
exclude_admin(true|false)
Whether to exclude the 'admin' account, if it exists.
Default: false
-
show_fullname(true|false)
Whether to show the user's full name.
Default: false
-
feed(string)
If not empty, show a link to the user's feed and use this text as the alt parameter of the link.
Default: ''
-
feed_image(string)
If not empty, show a link to the user's feed and use this image URL as clickable anchor.
Default: ''
-
feed_type(string)
The feed type to link to, such as 'rss2'.
Default: default feed type
-
echo(true|false)
Whether to output the result or instead return it.
Default: true
-
style(string)
If 'list', each user is wrapped in an <li> element, otherwise the users will be separated by commas.
-
html(true|false)
Whether to list the items in HTML form or plaintext.
Default: true
-
exclude(string)
An array, comma-, or space-separated list of user IDs to exclude.
Default: ''
- include(string)
An array, comma-, or space-separated list of user IDs to include.
Default: ''
Examples
#1 Demo of what the function outputs
$users_list = wp_list_users( [
'number' => 3,
'echo' => false,
'style' => 'list',
] );
echo htmlspecialchars( $users_list );
/*
style => 'list':
<li>Wasija</li>
<li>stas</li>
<li>anastasiiik</li>
*/
/*
style => '' or 'html' => false:
Wasija, stas, anastasiiik
*/
Changelog
wp_list_users() wp list users code
WP 6.8
function wp_list_users( $args = array() ) {
$defaults = array(
'orderby' => 'name',
'order' => 'ASC',
'number' => '',
'exclude_admin' => true,
'show_fullname' => false,
'feed' => '',
'feed_image' => '',
'feed_type' => '',
'echo' => true,
'style' => 'list',
'html' => true,
'exclude' => '',
'include' => '',
);
$parsed_args = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
$return = '';
$query_args = wp_array_slice_assoc( $parsed_args, array( 'orderby', 'order', 'number', 'exclude', 'include' ) );
$query_args['fields'] = 'ids';
/**
* Filters the query arguments for the list of all users of the site.
*
* @since 6.1.0
*
* @param array $query_args The query arguments for get_users().
* @param array $parsed_args The arguments passed to wp_list_users() combined with the defaults.
*/
$query_args = apply_filters( 'wp_list_users_args', $query_args, $parsed_args );
$users = get_users( $query_args );
foreach ( $users as $user_id ) {
$user = get_userdata( $user_id );
if ( $parsed_args['exclude_admin'] && 'admin' === $user->display_name ) {
continue;
}
if ( $parsed_args['show_fullname'] && '' !== $user->first_name && '' !== $user->last_name ) {
$name = sprintf(
/* translators: 1: User's first name, 2: Last name. */
_x( '%1$s %2$s', 'Display name based on first name and last name' ),
$user->first_name,
$user->last_name
);
} else {
$name = $user->display_name;
}
if ( ! $parsed_args['html'] ) {
$return .= $name . ', ';
continue; // No need to go further to process HTML.
}
if ( 'list' === $parsed_args['style'] ) {
$return .= '<li>';
}
$row = $name;
if ( ! empty( $parsed_args['feed_image'] ) || ! empty( $parsed_args['feed'] ) ) {
$row .= ' ';
if ( empty( $parsed_args['feed_image'] ) ) {
$row .= '(';
}
$row .= '<a href="' . get_author_feed_link( $user->ID, $parsed_args['feed_type'] ) . '"';
$alt = '';
if ( ! empty( $parsed_args['feed'] ) ) {
$alt = ' alt="' . esc_attr( $parsed_args['feed'] ) . '"';
$name = $parsed_args['feed'];
}
$row .= '>';
if ( ! empty( $parsed_args['feed_image'] ) ) {
$row .= '<img src="' . esc_url( $parsed_args['feed_image'] ) . '" style="border: none;"' . $alt . ' />';
} else {
$row .= $name;
}
$row .= '</a>';
if ( empty( $parsed_args['feed_image'] ) ) {
$row .= ')';
}
}
$return .= $row;
$return .= ( 'list' === $parsed_args['style'] ) ? '</li>' : ', ';
}
$return = rtrim( $return, ', ' );
if ( ! $parsed_args['echo'] ) {
return $return;
}
echo $return;
}
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