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get_user_by_email( string $email ): bool|object

Retrieve user info by email.

Description

See also

Parameters

$emailstringrequired
User’s email address

Return

bool|object False on failure, User DB row object

Source

function get_user_by_email($email) {
	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '3.3.0', "get_user_by('email')" );
	return get_user_by('email', $email);
}

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Changelog

Version Description
3.3.0 Use get_user_by()
2.5.0 Introduced.

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https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_user_by_email