Title: WP_User_Query::get_total
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: August 20, 2026

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# WP_User_Query::get_total(): int

## In this article

 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user_query/get_total/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user_query/get_total/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user_query/get_total/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Returns the total number of users for the current query.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user_query/get_total/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 int Number of total users.

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

    ```php
    public function get_total() {
    	return $this->total_users;
    }
    ```

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

| Version | Description | 
| [3.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.1.0/) | Introduced. |

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