Improved user search in backend
Improves the search for users in the backend significantly: Search for first name, last, email and more of users instead of only nicename.
5(5 reviews)
·200 active installs·Updated 11 years agoAs of April 2026, Improved user search in backend is a WordPress user plugin with 200 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 14K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: User Role Editor.
5/55 reviews
200active installs
14K+total downloads
15 yearssince 2011
Overview
This Plugin improves the search for users in the WordPress backend significantly. It empowers admins to search for the first name, last name and email address of users instead of only their nicknames/nicenames.
It is also possible to search for custom user meta fields now.
Translations: English, German, Swedish
Plugin Homepage: http://www.blackbam.at/blackbams-blog/2011/06/27/wordpress-improved-user-search-first-name-last-name-email-in-backend/
Special characters like quotes are escaped, problems with the query may apper when trying to search for other non-alphanumeric characters.
1.2.4
- Added translations and il8n (Mikael Grön [email protected])
(en_US, en_UK,sv_SE) - Added german translation (de_DE)
1.2.3
- Da…
Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 3.9.40 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.2.6
Additional security fix sanitizing text field input.
Contributors
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