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

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# apply_filters( ‘found_users_query’, string $sql, WP_User_Query $query )

## In this article

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

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Filters SELECT FOUND_ROWS() query for the current [WP_User_Query](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user_query/)
instance.

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

 `$sql`string

The SELECT FOUND_ROWS() query for the current [WP_User_Query](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user_query/).

`$query`[WP_User_Query](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user_query/)

The current [WP_User_Query](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user_query/)
instance.

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

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

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

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_User_Query::query()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user_query/query/)`wp-includes/class-wp-user-query.php` |

Executes the query, with the current variables.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [5.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.1.0/) | Added the `$this` parameter. | 
| [3.2.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.2.0/) | Introduced. |

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