How to Show Total Number of Registered Users in WordPress

Have you ever wanted to show the total number of registered users on your WordPress site?

Social proof, like showing the number of registered users on your site, encourages others to sign up.

In this article, we will show you how to show the total number of registered users in WordPress.

We will cover two methods in this post, and you can use the quick links below to jump to the one you want to use:

Method 1: Show Registered User Count Using a WordPress Plugin

The first thing you need to do is install and activate the Simple Blog Stats plugin. For more details, see our step-by-step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Upon activation, you need to visit the Settings » Simple Blog Stats page to configure the plugin settings.

This plugin allows you to show different stats from your WordPress website.

You need to click on the shortcodes tab to expand it and then scroll down to the ‘number of users‘ row.

You will see the shortcode [sbs_users] with two text fields on both sides. These text fields contain HTML, and the plugin will add before and after the number of users.

By default, the shortcode will output HTML like this:

<span class="sbs-count-users">856</span>

If you are unsure, then copy the shortcode [sbs_users] and click on the ‘Save Settings’ button.

You can now add this shortcode to any WordPress post or page. You can also add it to a sidebar widget.

Edit the post or page and add the Shortcode block. After that, copy and paste your shortcode inside the block settings.

Similarly, you can add the shortcode block in sidebar widgets, too.

Go to the Appearance » Widgets page and add the shortcode block where you want to display the user count.

Method 2: Manually Show The Number of Registered Users in WordPress with Code

This method requires you to add code to your WordPress site.

You need to add the following custom code to your website. You can add it to your theme’s functions.php file or by using the WPCode plugin (recommended)

If you need help adding code, then follow our tutorial on how to safely add custom code in WordPress:

// Function to return user count
function wpb_user_count() {
$usercount = count_users();
$result = $usercount['total_users'];
return $result;
}
// Creating a shortcode to display user count
add_shortcode('user_count', 'wpb_user_count');

This code creates a shortcode [user_count] that you can use in your WordPress posts, pages, or a sidebar widget to display the user count.

The function does not add any HTML formatting to the user count and simply returns the number. You may want to wrap the shortcode around HTML to use CSS or basic HTML formatting. For example:

<p>Join <strong>[user_count]</strong> other users who share your interests:</p>

Here is how it looked on our demo site:

Note: We also added a free signup button that redirected to a custom WordPress user registration page.

Additional Resources:

• Best user management plugins for WordPress – Our experts picked the most useful plugins for managing users on a WordPress website.
• WordPress user roles and capabilities – If your website is open to user registration, then you may want to read this guide to understand how user roles and permissions work in WordPress.

That’s all. We hope this article helped you learn how to show the total number of registered users in WordPress. You may also want to see our guide on moderating new user registrations in WordPress.

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