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

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# WP_User_Search::WP_User_Search( string $search_term = ”, int $page = ”, string $role = ” ): 󠀁[WP_User_Search](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user_search/)󠁿

## In this article

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

PHP4 Constructor – Sets up the object properties.

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

 `$search_term`stringoptional

Search terms string.

Default:`''`

`$page`intoptional

Page ID.

Default:`''`

`$role`stringoptional

Role name.

Default:`''`

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

 [WP_User_Search](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user_search/)

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

    ```php
    public function WP_User_Search( $search_term = '', $page = '', $role = '' ) {
    	_deprecated_constructor( 'WP_User_Search', '3.1.0', get_class( $this ) );
    	self::__construct( $search_term, $page, $role );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.1/src/wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php#L518)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.1/src/wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php#L518-L521)

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

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

Marks a constructor as deprecated and informs when it has been used.

  | 
| [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.

  |

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

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

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