Title: quick_edit_dropdown_authors_args
Published: December 9, 2020
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘quick_edit_dropdown_authors_args’, array $users_opt, bool $bulk )

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/quick_edit_dropdown_authors_args/?output_format=md#description)
    - [See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/quick_edit_dropdown_authors_args/?output_format=md#see-also)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/quick_edit_dropdown_authors_args/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/quick_edit_dropdown_authors_args/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/quick_edit_dropdown_authors_args/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/quick_edit_dropdown_authors_args/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Filters the arguments used to generate the Quick Edit authors drop-down.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/quick_edit_dropdown_authors_args/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

### 󠀁[See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/quick_edit_dropdown_authors_args/?output_format=md#see-also)󠁿

 * [wp_dropdown_users()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_dropdown_users/)

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

 `$users_opt`array

An array of arguments passed to [wp_dropdown_users()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_dropdown_users/).

More Arguments from wp_dropdown_users( … $args )

Array or string of arguments to generate a drop-down of users.
 See [WP_User_Query::prepare_query()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user_query/prepare_query/)
for additional available arguments.

 * `show_option_all` string
 * Text to show as the drop-down default (all).
    Default empty.
 * `show_option_none` string
 * Text to show as the drop-down default when no users were found. Default empty.
 * `option_none_value` int|string
 * Value to use for `$show_option_none` when no users were found. Default -1.
 * `hide_if_only_one_author` string
 * Whether to skip generating the drop-down if only one user was found. Default 
   empty.
 * `orderby` string
 * Field to order found users by. Accepts user fields.
    Default `'display_name'`.
 * `order` string
 * Whether to order users in ascending or descending order. Accepts `'ASC'` (ascending)
   or `'DESC'` (descending).
    Default `'ASC'`.
 * `include` int[]|string
 * Array or comma-separated list of user IDs to include.
    Default empty.
 * `exclude` int[]|string
 * Array or comma-separated list of user IDs to exclude.
    Default empty.
 * `multi` bool|int
 * Whether to skip the ID attribute on the `'select'` element.
    Accepts `1|true`
   or `0|false`. Default `0|false`.
 * `show` string
 * User data to display. If the selected item is empty then the `'user_login'` will
   be displayed in parentheses.
    Accepts any user field, or `'display_name_with_login'`
   to show the display name with user_login in parentheses. Default `'display_name'`.
 * `echo` int|bool
 * Whether to echo or return the drop-down. Accepts `1|true` (echo) or `0|false`(
   return). Default `1|true`.
 * `selected` int
 * Which user ID should be selected. Default 0.
 * `include_selected` bool
 * Whether to always include the selected user ID in the drop- down. Default false.
 * `name` string
 * Name attribute of select element. Default `'user'`.
 * `id` string
 * ID attribute of the select element. Default is the value of `$name`.
 * `class` string
 * Class attribute of the select element. Default empty.
 * `blog_id` int
 * ID of blog (Multisite only). Default is ID of the current blog.
 * `who` string
 * Deprecated, use `$capability` instead.
    Which type of users to query. Accepts
   only an empty string or `'authors'`. Default empty (all users).
 * `role` string|string[]
 * An array or a comma-separated list of role names that users must match to be 
   included in results. Note that this is an inclusive list: users must match *each*
   role. Default empty.
 * `role__in` string[]
 * An array of role names. Matched users must have at least one of these roles. 
   Default empty array.
 * `role__not_in` string[]
 * An array of role names to exclude. Users matching one or more of these roles 
   will not be included in results. Default empty array.
 * `capability` string|string[]
 * An array or a comma-separated list of capability names that users must match 
   to be included in results. Note that this is an inclusive list: users must match*
   each* capability.
    Does NOT work for capabilities not in the database or filtered
   via ['map_meta_cap'](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/map_meta_cap/).
   Default empty.
 * `capability__in` string[]
 * An array of capability names. Matched users must have at least one of these capabilities.
   
   Does NOT work for capabilities not in the database or filtered via ['map_meta_cap'](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/map_meta_cap/).
   Default empty array.
 * `capability__not_in` string[]
 * An array of capability names to exclude. Users matching one or more of these 
   capabilities will not be included in results.
    Does NOT work for capabilities
   not in the database or filtered via ['map_meta_cap'](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/map_meta_cap/).
   Default empty array.

`$bulk`bool

A flag to denote if it’s a bulk action.

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

    ```php
    $users_opt = apply_filters( 'quick_edit_dropdown_authors_args', $users_opt, $bulk );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php#L1760)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php#L1760-L1760)

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Posts_List_Table::inline_edit()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_posts_list_table/inline_edit/)`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php` |

Outputs the hidden row displayed when inline editing

  |

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

| Version | Description | 
| [5.6.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.6.0/) | Introduced. |

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