Title: wp_update_user_counts
Published: May 25, 2022
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# wp_update_user_counts( int|null $network_id = null ): bool

## In this article

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

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Updates the total count of users on the site.

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

 `$network_id`int|nulloptional

ID of the network. Defaults to the current network.

Default:`null`

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

 bool Whether the update was successful.

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

    ```php
    function wp_update_user_counts( $network_id = null ) {
    	global $wpdb;

    	if ( ! is_multisite() && null !== $network_id ) {
    		_doing_it_wrong(
    			__FUNCTION__,
    			sprintf(
    				/* translators: %s: $network_id */
    				__( 'Unable to pass %s if not using multisite.' ),
    				'<code>$network_id</code>'
    			),
    			'6.0.0'
    		);
    	}

    	$query = "SELECT COUNT(ID) as c FROM $wpdb->users";
    	if ( is_multisite() ) {
    		$query .= " WHERE spam = '0' AND deleted = '0'";
    	}

    	$count = $wpdb->get_var( $query );

    	return update_network_option( $network_id, 'user_count', $count );
    }
    ```

[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#L1516)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/user.php#L1516-L1539)

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

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

Updates the value of a network option that was already added.

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

Retrieves the translation of $text.

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

Determines whether Multisite is enabled.

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

Marks something as being incorrectly called.

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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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| Used by | Description | 
| [wp_maybe_update_user_counts()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_maybe_update_user_counts/)`wp-includes/user.php` |

Updates the total count of users on the site if live user counting is enabled.

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

Updates the network-wide user count.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [6.0.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/6.0.0/) | Introduced. |

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