get_user_by_email

The timeline below displays how wordpress function get_user_by_email has changed across different WordPress versions. If a version is not listed, refer to the next available version below.

WordPress Version: 4.6

/**
 * Retrieve user info by email.
 *
 * @since 2.5.0
 * @deprecated 3.3.0 Use get_user_by()
 * @see get_user_by()
 *
 * @param string $email User's email address
 * @return bool|object False on failure, User DB row object
 */
function get_user_by_email($email)
{
    _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '3.3.0', "get_user_by('email')");
    return get_user_by('email', $email);
}

WordPress Version: 4.4

/**
 * Retrieve user info by email.
 *
 * @since 2.5.0
 * @deprecated 3.3.0 Use get_user_by()
 * @see get_user_by()
 *
 * @param string $email User's email address
 * @return bool|object False on failure, User DB row object
 */
function get_user_by_email($email)
{
    _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '3.3', "get_user_by('email')");
    return get_user_by('email', $email);
}

WordPress Version: 3.9

/**
 * Retrieve user info by email.
 *
 * @since 2.5.0
 * @deprecated 3.3.0
 * @deprecated Use get_user_by('email')
 *
 * @param string $email User's email address
 * @return bool|object False on failure, User DB row object
 */
function get_user_by_email($email)
{
    _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '3.3', "get_user_by('email')");
    return get_user_by('email', $email);
}

WordPress Version: 3.7

/**
 * Retrieve user info by email.
 *
 * @since 2.5
 * @deprecated 3.3.0
 * @deprecated Use get_user_by('email')
 *
 * @param string $email User's email address
 * @return bool|object False on failure, User DB row object
 */
function get_user_by_email($email)
{
    _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '3.3', "get_user_by('email')");
    return get_user_by('email', $email);
}