wp-includes/class-wp-user-query.php:782Executes the query, with the current variables.
2 hooks fire while WP_User_Query::query() runs, in this order:
Filters the users array before the query takes place.
Filters SELECT FOUND_ROWS() query for the current WP_User_Query instance.
public function query() { global $wpdb; if ( ! did_action( 'plugins_loaded' ) ) { _doing_it_wrong( 'WP_User_Query::query', sprintf( /* translators: %s: plugins_loaded */ __( 'User queries should not be run before the %s hook.' ), '<code>plugins_loaded</code>' ), '6.1.1' ); } $qv =& $this->query_vars; // Do not cache results if more than 3 fields are requested. if ( is_array( $qv['fields'] ) && count( $qv['fields'] ) > 3 ) { $qv['cache_results'] = false; } /** * Filters the users array before the query takes place. * * Return a non-null value to bypass WordPress' default user queries. * * Filtering functions that require pagination information are encouraged to set * the `total_users` property of the WP_User_Query object, passed to the filter * by reference. If WP_User_Query does not perform a database query, it will not * have enough information to generate these values itself. * * @since 5.1.0 * * @param array|null $results Return an array of user data to short-circuit WP's user query * or null to allow WP to run its normal queries. * @param WP_User_Query $query The WP_User_Query instance (passed by reference). */ $this->results = apply_filters_ref_array( 'users_pre_query', array( null, &$this ) ); if ( null === $this->results ) { // Beginning of the string is on a new line to prevent leading whitespace. See https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/56841. $this->request = "SELECT {$this->query_fields} {$this->query_from} {$this->query_where} {$this->query_orderby} {$this->query_limit}"; $cache_value = false; $cache_key = $this->generate_cache_key( $qv, $this->request ); $cache_group = 'user-queries'; $last_changed = $this->get_cache_last_changed( $qv ); if ( $qv['cache_results'] ) { $cache_value = wp_cache_get_salted( $cache_key, $cache_group, $last_changed ); } if ( false !== $cache_value ) { $this->results = $cache_value['user_data']; $this->total_users = $cache_value['total_users']; } else { if ( is_array( $qv['fields'] ) ) { $this->results = $wpdb->get_results( $this->request ); } else { $this->results = $wpdb->get_col( $this->request ); } if ( isset( $qv['count_total'] ) && $qv['count_total'] ) { /** * Filters SELECT FOUND_ROWS() query for the current WP_User_Query instance. * * @since 3.2.0 * @since 5.1.0 Added the `$this` parameter. * * @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object. * * @param string $sql The SELECT FOUND_ROWS() query for the current WP_User_Query. * @param WP_User_Query $query The current WP_User_Query instance. */ $found_users_query = apply_filters( 'found_users_query', 'SELECT FOUND_ROWS()', $this );Introduced in 3.1.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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src/wp-includes/class-wp-user-query.php, and regenerated for each WordPress release so it tracks the code rather than a snapshot of it.