Title: get_user_metavalues
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# get_user_metavalues( array $ids ): array

## In this article

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

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This function has been deprecated since 3.3.0.

Perform the query to get the $metavalues array(s) needed by _fill_user and _fill_many_users

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

 `$ids`arrayrequired

User ID numbers list.

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

 array of arrays. The array is indexed by user_id, containing $metavalues object
arrays.

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

    ```php
    function get_user_metavalues($ids) {
    	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '3.3.0' );

    	$objects = array();

    	$ids = array_map('intval', $ids);
    	foreach ( $ids as $id )
    		$objects[$id] = array();

    	$metas = update_meta_cache('user', $ids);

    	foreach ( $metas as $id => $meta ) {
    		foreach ( $meta as $key => $metavalues ) {
    			foreach ( $metavalues as $value ) {
    				$objects[$id][] = (object)array( 'user_id' => $id, 'meta_key' => $key, 'meta_value' => $value);
    			}
    		}
    	}

    	return $objects;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/deprecated.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/deprecated.php#L2615)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/deprecated.php#L2615-L2635)

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

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

Updates the metadata cache for the specified objects.

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| [_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.

  |

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

| Version | Description | 
| [3.3.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.3.0/) | Deprecated.  | 
| [3.0.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.0.0/) | Introduced. |

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