Title: pre_get_posts WP_User_Query
Last modified: October 27, 2020

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# pre_get_posts WP_User_Query

 *  [Sean Turtle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/turts/)
 * (@turts)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pre_get_posts-wp_user_query/)
 * I’m trying to run a custom search, which filters via an array set in ACF.
 * Essentially, I’m storing a list of users (contacts) in an array, and, if that
   is set, I want to search through those users, only.
 * I thought this would work:
 *     ```
       function searchfilter($query) {
         $my_contacts = array(11, 19); // setting just to check it's working
         $search_type = get_query_var('search_type');   
         if ($query->is_main_query() && $search_type == 'contacts' ) {
           $query->set('include', $my_contacts);
         }
   
         return $query;
         }
   
         add_filter('pre_get_posts','searchfilter');
       ```
   
 * But it doesn’t limit the query at all.
 * Appreciate any help!
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 5 months ago by [Sean Turtle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/turts/).
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 5 months ago by [Sean Turtle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/turts/).

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 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pre_get_posts-wp_user_query/#post-13586807)
 * Your code is for searching posts, but your data is for users. Do you intend to
   search users or posts with those users as authors or something else?
    The `main_query`
   is for posts. So is the `pre_get_posts` filter. Also, query vars that are not
   known are removed, so if you are adding a new one, you have to “allow” it. See
   [https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp/add_query_var/](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp/add_query_var/)
   and [https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/query_vars/](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/query_vars/)

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 * [pre_get_posts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/pre_get_posts/)
 * [wp_user_query](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp_user_query/)

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 * Last reply from: [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pre_get_posts-wp_user_query/#post-13586807)
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