Admin - users without a role are difficult to find

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There doesn't appear to be a filter to display users *without* a role (see the screenshot). The ideal solution would be to add a filter for "None".

​http://i.imgur.com/3S5pH.png

I think the only way you could get a user without a role would be through a plugin. I would think these plugins should create a role(without capabilities if necessary) if they do not wish to use one of the existing roles. Then their custom role would be able to be filtered.

Thats incorrect. You can do it through the interface of WordPress but I'm curious if we should check on it.

WP core allows for users without roles, hence this should be core territory. On sites with thousands of users, the ability to find users without roles is important.

IMO, there's no reason why a role filter couldn't get added, and live beside the existing text filters, e.g.

Administrator (440) | Subscriber (50) | No Role (25)

Patch coming soon...

Replying to markoheijnen:

Thats incorrect. You can do it through the interface of WordPress but I'm curious if we should check on it.

Where are you able to add a user without a role? I attempted to manually add a user via Users -> Add New and it makes you select a role.

For allowing anyone to register. The option on Settings -> General makes you select a default role.

I am just curious because I am unaware of it.

Replying to MikeHansenMe:

Where are you able to add a user without a role?

Not add, but you can set "No role for this site" from their profile.

Replying to helen:

Replying to MikeHansenMe:

Where are you able to add a user without a role?

Not add, but you can set "No role for this site" from their profile.

Thanks, I was unaware of this. I am all for adding a link to filter users without roles then.

The first issue is within count_users(). By default, it uses a LIKE query to see if the current role is within the serialized wp_capabilities array. For users without roles, this won't work.

• A subscriber: a:1:{s:10:"subscriber";b:1;}
• A user with no role: a:0:{}

Thats shouldn't be a problem since the value is always the same so we can check on the value "a:0:{}"

Replying to markoheijnen:

Thats shouldn't be a problem since the value is always the same so we can check on the value "a:0:{}"

Unless the user has a single capability (no role).