Title: wp_sitemaps_users_query_args
Published: August 11, 2020
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘wp_sitemaps_users_query_args’, array $args )

## In this article

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

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Filters the query arguments for authors with public posts.

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

Allows modification of the authors query arguments before querying.

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

 * [WP_User_Query](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user_query/):
   for a full list of arguments

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

 `$args`array

Array of [WP_User_Query](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user_query/)
arguments.

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

    ```php
    $args = apply_filters(
    	'wp_sitemaps_users_query_args',
    	array(
    		'has_published_posts' => array_keys( $public_post_types ),
    		'number'              => wp_sitemaps_get_max_urls( $this->object_type ),
    	)
    );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/sitemaps/providers/class-wp-sitemaps-users.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/sitemaps/providers/class-wp-sitemaps-users.php#L154)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/sitemaps/providers/class-wp-sitemaps-users.php#L154-L160)

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Sitemaps_Users::get_users_query_args()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_sitemaps_users/get_users_query_args/)`wp-includes/sitemaps/providers/class-wp-sitemaps-users.php` |

Returns the query args for retrieving users to list in the sitemap.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [5.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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