Pagination with WP_User_Query object

wp_user_query_pagination.php

<?php

// number of users we want to show per page
$number = 10;

// to pinpoint the current pagination number
$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;

// count the number of users that should be passed over in the pages (offset) – this will take effect at the second page onwards.
$offset = ($paged - 1) * $number;

// query arguments per your specifications
$args = array(
  'order' 		=> 'asc',
            'orderby' 		=> 'display_name',
  'meta_query'  => array(
    array(
      'key'		=> 'first_name',
      'value'		=> esc_attr($_GET['search']),
      'compare'	=> 'LIKE'
    ),
  )
);
        
// Create the WP_User_Query object to fetch total users without 'number' and 'offset' arguments
$total_users_query = new WP_User_Query($args);
$total_users = $total_users_query->total_users;

// Now add query arguments for pagination
$args['number'] = $number;
$args['offset'] = $offset;

// Create the WP_User_Query object again with updated arguments
$wp_user_query = new WP_User_Query($args);

// Get the results
$total_query = $wp_user_query->total_users;
$total_pages = intval($total_users / $number) + 1;

// Use the following with foreach() loop to display results as per your requirements
$user_query = $wp_user_query->get_results();
//foreach( $user_query as $user ){ ... }

// for more about paginate_links() -- https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/paginate_links
if ($total_users >= $total_query) {
    echo '<div id="pagination" class="clearfix um-members-pagi">';
        echo '<span class="pages">Pages:</span>';
        $current_page = max(1, get_query_var('paged'));

        echo paginate_links(array(
          'base'      => get_pagenum_link(1) . '%_%',
          'format'    => 'page/%#%/',
          'current'   => $current_page,
          'total'     => $total_pages,
          'prev_next' => true,
          'show_all'  => true,
          'type'      => 'plain',
        ));
    
    echo '</div>';
}