email_exists( string $email )

Determines whether the given email exists.


Description

For more information on this and similar theme functions, check out the Conditional Tags article in the Theme Developer Handbook.


Parameters

$email

(string) (Required) Email.


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Return

(int|false) The user's ID on success, and false on failure.


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Source

File: wp-includes/user.php

function email_exists( $email ) {
	$user = get_user_by( 'email', $email );
	if ( $user ) {
		return $user->ID;
	}
	return false;
}

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Changelog

Version Description
2.1.0 Introduced.