Title: Extended User Search In WP-Admin Author: amit5204 Published: February 18, 2019 Last modified: December 13, 2022 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/extended-user-search-in-wp-admin.svg) # Extended User Search In WP-Admin By [amit5204](https://profiles.wordpress.org/amit5204/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/extended-user-search-in-wp-admin.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/extended-user-search-in-wp-admin/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/extended-user-search-in-wp-admin/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/extended-user-search-in-wp-admin/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/extended-user-search-in-wp-admin/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/extended-user-search-in-wp-admin/) ## Description By default WordPress in WP-admin allows users to search only by username or email id. But what if you want to search user by first name or last name or both. What if you want to search by entering only partial email address/id or username or by bio, you cannot do it as by default. WordPress do not come with this feature. This plugin eliminate above limitation. Which could perform search based on full-name, first- name, last-name, email, username and bio. “Extended User Search In WP-admin” Plugin that allows admin to search user much more deeply and overcomes the limit possessed by WordPress. Note :- This plugin is inspired from “Improved user search in backend” and “User First Name / Full Name Search In WP-admin” plugins. ## Installation 1. Go to plugins->Add New. Click on Upload Plugin. 2) Browse the downloaded zip file And click install now. 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. You are Done. Go to Users tab and enjoy extended user search. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2c1434dab19df1614b0c6abdc3a105c6a5828f691a0acbe425d21f991c995eb0? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Vital for simple user searches](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/vital-for-simple-user-searches/)󠁿 [willpom](https://profiles.wordpress.org/willpom/) November 17, 2024 Does what it says on the can. Perfect, thanks! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ff78eba1a63ba55d6788a2fbd6af215dc5e695a18e8ac28fd0d5c245acb3476f? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Small and useful!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/small-and-useful-3/)󠁿 [genrobgen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/genrobgen/) February 29, 2024 Works great, helped us find duplicates quickly! We're running WP 6.4.3. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/448a9d229dddd0e66eae0a69bd3aa6f4a5451f7525284c183c22f604a0b75e60? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[go!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/go-3/)󠁿 [Anonymous User 20791862](https://profiles.wordpress.org/anonymized-20791862/) February 7, 2023 yyyeeeaaahhhh…thank you! It was not possible that Wordpress, used all over the world, remained without a function as basic and trivial as it is important! thanks for the great contribution! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4df4deffce92d485486305ad827c8965384fa46809f46918a2f311bbc9e2e37a? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Good job](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-job-1659/)󠁿 [GoodVine](https://profiles.wordpress.org/goodvine/) December 6, 2022 Plugin works fine. It helped me to resolve some issue ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2c70f22a88adc6462724b4f6f510f99e16a019ec326351322266ab0c66329343? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Saves us headaches](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/saves-us-headaches/)󠁿 [gregblakerobins](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gregblakerobins/) November 24, 2022 We struggled with searching for members in a separate plug in (they'd end up just as a user only) and this allowed us to find them by first name or last name … a huge time saver! Nice and simple, no problems. Thank you! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/429b8b3cbd0751f65812eb5e1cff4244fe5e882864cf9e1700148f0c68514f3f? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Changed my Life!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-my-life-6/)󠁿 [julieannekay](https://profiles.wordpress.org/julieannekay/) December 27, 2020 The Learners on my courses never seem to know what email they used to register their account but most seem to know their actual name ha ha! This plugin makes searching my First Last or partial name super simple. THANK YOU! [ Read all 12 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/extended-user-search-in-wp-admin/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Extended User Search In WP-Admin” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ amit5204 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/amit5204/) [Translate “Extended User Search In WP-Admin” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/extended-user-search-in-wp-admin) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/extended-user-search-in-wp-admin/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/extended-user-search-in-wp-admin/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/extended-user-search-in-wp-admin/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/extended-user-search-in-wp-admin/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Meta * Version **3** * Last updated **4 years ago** * Active installations **900+** * WordPress version ** 4.9.6 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.1.13** * Tag * [Search by full name in wpadmin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/search-by-full-name-in-wpadmin/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/extended-user-search-in-wp-admin/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.7 out of 5 stars. * [ 12 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/extended-user-search-in-wp-admin/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/extended-user-search-in-wp-admin/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/extended-user-search-in-wp-admin/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/extended-user-search-in-wp-admin/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 1 1-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/extended-user-search-in-wp-admin/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/extended-user-search-in-wp-admin/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/extended-user-search-in-wp-admin/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ amit5204 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/amit5204/) ## Support Got something to say? 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