Add a Sortable Registration Date Column to the Users Page

WordPress doesn't offer any option to sort WordPress registered users by a sortable user Registration date column on the All Users page. However, it helps you see the date a user gets registered on your site. So, it's really very useful, especially when you want to manage or delete spam users.

In this knowledgebase article, we'll show you how easily you can add a sortable user Registration date column to the All Users page.

Let's get started!

Add a Sortable User Registration Date Column

You can easily add a sortable user registration date column to the All Users page.

Simply go to the left sidebar of the WordPress admin dashboard, navigate to Appearance, and click Theme File Editor.

The Theme File Editor screen will open up. Now add the following code snippet into your current themes’ functions.php file, and it will work fine.

/*
 * Create a column. And maybe remove some of the default ones
 * @param array $columns Array of all user table columns {column ID} => {column Name} 
 */
add_filter( 'manage_users_columns', 'rudr_modify_user_table' );

function rudr_modify_user_table( $columns ) {
	
	// unset( $columns['posts'] ); // maybe you would like to remove default columns
	$columns['registration_date'] = 'Registration date'; // add new

	return $columns;

}

/*
 * Fill our new column with the registration dates of the users
 * @param string $row_output text/HTML output of a table cell
 * @param string $column_id_attr column ID
 * @param int $user user ID (in fact - table row ID)
 */
add_filter( 'manage_users_custom_column', 'rudr_modify_user_table_row', 10, 3 );

function rudr_modify_user_table_row( $row_output, $column_id_attr, $user ) {
	
	$date_format = 'j M, Y H:i';

	switch ( $column_id_attr ) {
		case 'registration_date' :
			return date( $date_format, strtotime( get_the_author_meta( 'registered', $user ) ) );
			break;
		default:
	}

	return $row_output;

}

/*
 * Make our "Registration date" column sortable
 * @param array $columns Array of all user sortable columns {column ID} => {orderby GET-param} 
 */
add_filter( 'manage_users_sortable_columns', 'rudr_make_registered_column_sortable' );

function rudr_make_registered_column_sortable( $columns ) {
	return wp_parse_args( array( 'registration_date' => 'registered' ), $columns );
}

Once you add the following code in the theme’s functions.php file, the default Posts column will be replaced with the Registration date column. Upon clicking its title, the users in this table will be sorted by registration date. 

That’s it! Easy right? We hope you will understand how easily you can add a sortable user Registration date column to the All Users page.

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