How can I include user meta information in the resulting array of a WP_User_Query?
To sort by meta fields you need to use meta_key and meta_value (or meta_value_num): array( ‘meta_key’ => ‘sort_order’, //This is the custom field to orderby ‘orderby’ => ‘meta_value_num’, //for numerical values ‘role’ => ‘Administrator’, ‘fields’ => ‘all_with_meta’, ); However… This will probably order the results before your merge… so, instead of separate queries you can … Read more