Title: get_admin_users_for_domain
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# get_admin_users_for_domain( string $domain, string $path ): array|false

## In this article

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

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This function has been deprecated since 4.4.0.

Get the admin for a domain/path combination.

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

 `$domain`stringoptional

Network domain.

`$path`stringoptional

Network path.

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

 array|false The network admins.

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

    ```php
    function get_admin_users_for_domain( $domain = '', $path = '' ) {
    	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '4.4.0' );

    	global $wpdb;

    	if ( ! $domain ) {
    		$network_id = get_current_network_id();
    	} else {
    		$_networks  = get_networks( array(
    			'fields' => 'ids',
    			'number' => 1,
    			'domain' => $domain,
    			'path'   => $path,
    		) );
    		$network_id = ! empty( $_networks ) ? array_shift( $_networks ) : 0;
    	}

    	if ( $network_id )
    		return $wpdb->get_results( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT u.ID, u.user_login, u.user_pass FROM $wpdb->users AS u, $wpdb->sitemeta AS sm WHERE sm.meta_key = 'admin_user_id' AND u.ID = sm.meta_value AND sm.site_id = %d", $network_id ), ARRAY_A );

    	return false;
    }
    ```

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

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

Retrieves the current network ID.

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

Retrieves a list of networks.

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

Marks a function as deprecated and inform when it has been used.

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

Retrieves an entire SQL result set from the database (i.e., many rows).

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

Prepares a SQL query for safe execution.

  |

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.4.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.4.0/) | Deprecated.  | 
| [MU (3.0.0)](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/mu.3.0.0/) | Introduced. |

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