Title: found_sites_query
Published: August 16, 2016
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘found_sites_query’, string $found_sites_query, WP_Site_Query $site_query )

## In this article

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

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Filters the query used to retrieve found site count.

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

 `$found_sites_query`string

SQL query. Default ‘SELECT FOUND_ROWS()’.

`$site_query`[WP_Site_Query](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_site_query/)

The `WP_Site_Query` instance.

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

    ```php
    $found_sites_query = apply_filters( 'found_sites_query', 'SELECT FOUND_ROWS()', $this );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-site-query.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-site-query.php#L745)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-site-query.php#L745-L745)

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Site_Query::set_found_sites()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_site_query/set_found_sites/)`wp-includes/class-wp-site-query.php` |

Populates found_sites and max_num_pages properties for the current query if the limit clause was used.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.6.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.6.0/) | Introduced. |

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