Title: WP_User_Search::query
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# WP_User_Search::query()

## In this article

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

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Executes the user search query.

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

    ```php
    public function query() {
    	global $wpdb;

    	$this->results = $wpdb->get_col("SELECT DISTINCT($wpdb->users.ID)" . $this->query_from . $this->query_where . $this->query_orderby . $this->query_limit);

    	if ( $this->results )
    		$this->total_users_for_query = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT($wpdb->users.ID))" . $this->query_from . $this->query_where); // No limit.
    	else
    		$this->search_errors = new WP_Error('no_matching_users_found', __('No users found.'));
    }
    ```

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [wpdb::get_col()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/get_col/)`wp-includes/class-wpdb.php` |

Retrieves one column from the database.

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

Retrieves the translation of $text.

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| [wpdb::get_var()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/get_var/)`wp-includes/class-wpdb.php` |

Retrieves one value from the database.

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| [WP_Error::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/__construct/)`wp-includes/class-wp-error.php` |

Initializes the error.

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| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_User_Search::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user_search/__construct/)`wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php` |

PHP5 Constructor – Sets up the object properties.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [2.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.1.0/) | Introduced. |

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