list_authors( bool $optioncount = false, bool $exclude_admin = true, bool $show_fullname = false, bool $hide_empty = true, string $feed = '', string $feed_image = '' ): null|string
- Since
- 1.2.0
- Source
wp-includes/deprecated.php:731
Compatibility
Deprecated in WordPress 2.1.0. Use wp_list_authors()
- WordPress
- since 1.2.0
- PHP
- 7.4–8.6-dev
- 6.7.7
- 6.8.8
- 6.9.7
- 7.0.4
- 7.1.0
Present in every tracked release (6.7.7 to 7.1.0), and compiles on PHP 7.4 through 8.6-dev.
Parameters
$optioncountbooloptional- Default:
false $exclude_adminbooloptional- Default:
true $show_fullnamebooloptional- Default:
false $hide_emptybooloptional- Default:
true $feedstringoptional- Default:
'' $feed_imagestringoptional- Default:
''
Return value
null|string
Performance profile
How much work a call to list_authors() does, and what it touches: the algorithmic scaling, the Zend instruction count per call across PHP versions, the hooks it hands control to, and the core code that calls it. Measured from the compiled opcodes, not a stopwatch, so every number is identical on any machine running the same PHP version, and every function in core is ranked by cost.
- Cost class
- Heavy
- Scaling
- Constant
- Instructions
- 24
- Plugin surface
- None
- Called by
- 0
Reaches the database via get_users().
No loop in the body: the same number of instructions runs whatever you pass in.
Executed per call on PHP 8.5. The body compiles to 24.
Nothing here hands control to plugin code.
Nothing in core calls this; the cost is only what you spend yourself.
What it touches
- hookthird-party callbacks
do_action()one call below list_authors() - querycontent query
get_users()one call below list_authors()
Further down the call graph this can also reach option, cache, serialize and transient. Those are the worst case, several calls deep and usually down an error path, not what a normal call pays.
What one call costs · 1 distinct outcome
One number would be a lie: the work depends on which branch runs. These are every distinct cost list_authors() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.
| When | Instructions | Calls it makes |
|---|---|---|
| always | 24 | _deprecated_function(), compact(), wp_list_authors() |
Across PHP versions
Compiles the same on PHP 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6-dev: 24 instructions, 24 executed per call, 0 branches. The work does not change between versions.
An instruction is not a fixed amount of time, so a matching count is not necessarily the same speed; what it rules out is a difference in the work itself.
Uses · 2
- _deprecated_function()Marks a function as deprecated and inform when it has been used.
- wp_list_authors()Lists all the authors of the site, with several options available.
Source code
function list_authors($optioncount = false, $exclude_admin = true, $show_fullname = false, $hide_empty = true, $feed = '', $feed_image = '') { _deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '2.1.0', 'wp_list_authors()' ); $args = compact('optioncount', 'exclude_admin', 'show_fullname', 'hide_empty', 'feed', 'feed_image'); return wp_list_authors($args);}Changelog
Introduced in 1.2.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.
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