Title: WP_MS_Users_List_Table::column_username
Published: August 18, 2015
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# WP_MS_Users_List_Table::column_username( WP_User $user )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ms_users_list_table/column_username/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ms_users_list_table/column_username/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ms_users_list_table/column_username/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ms_users_list_table/column_username/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Handles the username column output.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ms_users_list_table/column_username/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$user`[WP_User](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user/)required

The current [WP_User](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user/)
object.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ms_users_list_table/column_username/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function column_username( $user ) {
    	$super_admins = get_super_admins();
    	$avatar       = get_avatar( $user->user_email, 32 );

    	echo $avatar;

    	if ( current_user_can( 'edit_user', $user->ID ) ) {
    		$edit_link = esc_url( add_query_arg( 'wp_http_referer', urlencode( wp_unslash( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ) ), get_edit_user_link( $user->ID ) ) );
    		$edit      = "<a href=\"{$edit_link}\">{$user->user_login}</a>";
    	} else {
    		$edit = $user->user_login;
    	}

    	?>
    	<strong>
    		<?php
    		echo $edit;

    		if ( in_array( $user->user_login, $super_admins, true ) ) {
    			echo ' &mdash; ' . __( 'Super Admin' );
    		}
    		?>
    	</strong>
    	<?php
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-ms-users-list-table.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-ms-users-list-table.php#L268)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-ms-users-list-table.php#L268-L292)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ms_users_list_table/column_username/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [get_super_admins()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_super_admins/)`wp-includes/capabilities.php` |

Retrieves a list of super admins.

  | 
| [get_avatar()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_avatar/)`wp-includes/pluggable.php` |

Retrieves the avatar `<img>` tag for a user, email address, MD5 hash, comment, or post.

  | 
| [get_edit_user_link()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_edit_user_link/)`wp-includes/link-template.php` |

Retrieves the edit user link.

  | 
| [current_user_can()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/current_user_can/)`wp-includes/capabilities.php` |

Returns whether the current user has the specified capability.

  | 
| [__()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/__/)`wp-includes/l10n.php` |

Retrieves the translation of $text.

  | 
| [wp_unslash()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_unslash/)`wp-includes/formatting.php` |

Removes slashes from a string or recursively removes slashes from strings within an array.

  | 
| [esc_url()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/esc_url/)`wp-includes/formatting.php` |

Checks and cleans a URL.

  | 
| [add_query_arg()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/add_query_arg/)`wp-includes/functions.php` |

Retrieves a modified URL query string.

  |

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ms_users_list_table/column_username/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [4.3.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.3.0/) | Introduced. |

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