User search
// WP_User_Query arguments $args = array( 'exclude' => array( 1 ), 'search' => 'blah', 'search_columns' => array( 'user_login', 'user_nicename', 'user_email' ), 'number' => '10', 'order' => 'ASC', 'orderby' => 'user_login', 'count_total' => true, 'fields' => 'all', ); // The User Query $user_query = new WP_User_Query( $args );