Title: get_user
Published: November 13, 2024
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# get_user( int $user_id ): 󠀁[WP_User](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user/)󠁿|false

## In this article

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

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Retrieves user info by user ID.

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

 `$user_id`intrequired

User ID.

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

 [WP_User](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user/)|false [WP_User](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user/)
object on success, false on failure.

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

    ```php
    function get_user( $user_id ) {
    	return get_user_by( 'id', $user_id );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/user.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/user.php#L859)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/user.php#L859-L861)

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

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

Retrieves user info by a given field.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [6.7.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/6.7.0/) | Introduced. |

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