User listing in word press front-end with pagination – plugin

make a php file and paste below code and upload it in plugins folder, then activate this plugin from admin

Insert shortcode [userlisting] in any page you want to display users listing

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Simple User Listing
Plugin URI: http://cozmoslabs.com
Description: Create a simple shortcode to list our WordPress users.
Author: Cristian Antohe
Version: 0.1
Author URI: http://cozmoslabs.com
*/

function sul_user_listing($atts, $content = null) {
  global $post;
  
  extract(shortcode_atts(array(
    "role" => '',
    "number" => '10'
  ), $atts));
  
  $role = sanitize_text_field($role);
  $number = sanitize_text_field($number);

  // We're outputting a lot of HTML, and the easiest way 
  // to do it is with output buffering from PHP.
  ob_start();
  
  // Get the Search Term
  $search = ( isset($_GET["as"]) ) ? sanitize_text_field($_GET["as"]) : false ;
  
  // Get Query Var for pagination. This already exists in WordPress
  $page = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
  
  // Calculate the offset (i.e. how many users we should skip)
  $offset = ($page - 1) * $number;
  
  if ($search){
    // Generate the query based on search field
    $my_users = new WP_User_Query( 
      array( 
        'role' => $role, 
        'search' => '*' . $search . '*' 
      ));
  } else {
    // Generate the query 
    $my_users = new WP_User_Query( 
      array( 
        'role' => 'author', 
        'offset' => $offset ,
        'number' => $number
      ));
  }
  
  
  // Get the total number of authors. Based on this, offset and number 
  // per page, we'll generate our pagination. 
  $total_authors = $my_users->total_users;

  // Calculate the total number of pages for the pagination
  $total_pages = intval($total_authors / $number) + 1;

  // The authors object. 
  $authors = $my_users->get_results();
?>
  
  <div class="author-search">
  <h2>Search authors by name</h2>
    <form method="get" id="sul-searchform" action="<?php the_permalink() ?>">
      <label for="as" class="assistive-text">Search</label>
      <input type="text" class="field" name="as" id="sul-s" placeholder="Search Authors" />
      <input type="submit" class="submit" name="submit" id="sul-searchsubmit" value="Search Authors" />
    </form>
  <?php 
  if($search){ ?>
    <h2 >Search Results for: <em><?php echo $search; ?></em></h2>
    <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">Back To Author Listing</a>
  <?php } ?>
  
  </div><!-- .author-search -->
  
<?php if (!empty($authors))   { ?>
  <ul class="author-list">
<?php
  // loop through each author
  foreach($authors as $author){
    $author_info = get_userdata($author->ID);
    ?>
    <li>
      <?php echo get_avatar( $author->ID, 90 ); ?> 
      <h2><a href="<?php echo get_author_posts_url($author->ID); ?>"><?php echo $author_info->display_name; ?></a> - <?php echo count_user_posts( $author->ID ); ?> posts</h2>
      <p><?php echo $author_info->description; ?></p>
      <?php $latest_post = new WP_Query( "author=$author->ID&post_count=1" ); 
      if (!empty($latest_post->post)){ ?>
      <p><strong>Latest Article:</strong>
      <a href="<?php echo get_permalink($latest_post->post->ID) ?>">
        <?php echo get_the_title($latest_post->post->ID) ;?>
      </a></p>
      <?php } //endif ?>
      <p><a href="<?php echo get_author_posts_url($author->ID); ?> ">Read <?php echo $author_info->display_name; ?> posts</a></p>
    </li>
    <?php
  }
?>
  </ul> <!-- .author-list -->
<?php } else { ?>
  <h2>No authors found</h2>
<? } //endif ?>

  <nav id="nav-single" style="clear:both; float:none; margin-top:20px;">
    <h3 class="assistive-text">Post navigation</h3>
    <?php if ($page != 1) { ?>
      <span class="nav-previous"><a rel="prev" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>page/<?php echo $page - 1; ?>/"><span class="meta-nav">←</span> Previous</a></span>
    <?php } ?>
    
    <?php if ($page < $total_pages ) { ?>
      <span class="nav-next"><a rel="next" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>page/<?php echo $page + 1; ?>/">Next <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></span>
    <?php } ?>
  </nav>

  
  <?php 
  // Output the content.
  $output = ob_get_contents();
  ob_end_clean();

  
  // Return only if we're inside a page. This won't list anything on a post or archive page. 
  if (is_page()) return  $output;

}

// Add the shortcode to WordPress. 
add_shortcode('userlisting', 'sul_user_listing');
?>

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<?php

Plugin Name: Simple User Listing

Plugin URI: http://cozmoslabs.com

Description: Create a simple shortcode to list our WordPress users.

Author: Cristian Antohe

Version: 0.1

Author URI: http://cozmoslabs.com

function sul_user_listing($atts, $content = null) {

global $post;

extract(shortcode_atts(array(

"role" => '',

"number" => '10'

), $atts));

$role = sanitize_text_field($role);

$number = sanitize_text_field($number);

// We're outputting a lot of HTML, and the easiest way

// to do it is with output buffering from PHP.

ob_start();

// Get the Search Term

$search = ( isset($_GET["as"]) ) ? sanitize_text_field($_GET["as"]) : false ;

// Get Query Var for pagination. This already exists in WordPress

$page = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;

// Calculate the offset (i.e. how many users we should skip)

$offset = ($page - 1) * $number;

if ($search){

// Generate the query based on search field

$my_users = new WP_User_Query(

array(

'role' => $role,

'search' => '*' . $search . '*'

));

} else {

// Generate the query

$my_users = new WP_User_Query(

array(

'role' => 'author',

'offset' => $offset ,

'number' => $number

));

}

// Get the total number of authors. Based on this, offset and number

// per page, we'll generate our pagination.

$total_authors = $my_users->total_users;

// Calculate the total number of pages for the pagination

$total_pages = intval($total_authors / $number) + 1;

// The authors object.

$authors = $my_users->get_results();

<h2>Search authors by name</h2>

<label for="as" class="assistive-text">Search</label>

</form>

<?php

if($search){ ?>

<h2 >Search Results for: <em><?php echo $search; ?></em></h2>

<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">Back To Author Listing</a>

<?php } ?>

</div>

<?php if (!empty($authors)) { ?>

<?php

// loop through each author

foreach($authors as $author){

$author_info = get_userdata($author->ID);

<li>

<?php echo get_avatar( $author->ID, 90 ); ?>

<h2><a href="<?php echo get_author_posts_url($author->ID); ?>"><?php echo $author_info->display_name; ?></a> - <?php echo count_user_posts( $author->ID ); ?> posts</h2>

<p><?php echo $author_info->description; ?></p>

<?php $latest_post = new WP_Query( "author=$author->ID&post_count=1" );

if (!empty($latest_post->post)){ ?>

<p><strong>Latest Article:</strong>

<?php echo get_the_title($latest_post->post->ID) ;?>

</a></p>

<?php } //endif ?>

<p><a href="<?php echo get_author_posts_url($author->ID); ?> ">Read <?php echo $author_info->display_name; ?> posts</a></p>

</li>

<?php

}

</ul>

<?php } else { ?>

<h2>No authors found</h2>

<? } //endif ?>

<h3 class="assistive-text">Post navigation</h3>

<?php if ($page != 1) { ?>

<span class="nav-previous"><a rel="prev" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>page/<?php echo $page - 1; ?>/"><span class="meta-nav">←</span> Previous</a></span>

<?php } ?>