Title: Issue with error message “Deprecated: WP_User_Query…”
Last modified: February 15, 2022

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# Issue with error message “Deprecated: WP_User_Query…”

 *  Resolved [liviah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/liviah/)
 * (@liviah)
 * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-error-message-deprecated-wp_user_query/)
 * Hi there,
 * I’ve just added the Authors List plugin to my website and love the design. The
   only problem is I see this error message at the top of the page:
 * Deprecated: WP_User_Query was called with an argument that is deprecated since
   version 5.9.0! who is deprecated. Use capability instead. in /home/liviahen/public_html/
   wp-includes/functions.php on line 5600
 * How can I resolve this? Thank you!
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fissue-with-error-message-deprecated-wp_user_query%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [WPKube](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpkube/)
 * (@wpkube)
 * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-error-message-deprecated-wp_user_query/#post-15372916)
 * Hi [@liviah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/liviah/)
 * An update is coming this week to resolve that.
 * But you shouldn’t be getting “deprecated notices” unless you have `WP_DEBUG` 
   in `wp-config.php` set to `true`.
 * Usually that’s set to `false` unless some debugging is done.
 *  Thread Starter [liviah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/liviah/)
 * (@liviah)
 * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-error-message-deprecated-wp_user_query/#post-15372983)
 * Thanks for your help! I’ve set it to false and the message is gone now.
 *  Plugin Author [WPKube](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpkube/)
 * (@wpkube)
 * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-error-message-deprecated-wp_user_query/#post-15380508)
 * You’re welcome [@liviah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/liviah/)

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 * Last reply from: [WPKube](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpkube/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-error-message-deprecated-wp_user_query/#post-15380508)
 * Status: resolved