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apply_filters( 'wp_authenticate_user', WP_User|WP_Error $user, string $password )

Since
2.5.0
Filters whether the given user can be authenticated with the provided password.

Parameters

$userWP_User|WP_Error
WP_User or WP_Error object if a previous callback failed authentication.
$passwordstring
Password to check against the user.

Fired at · 2

  • wp-includes/user.php:203wp_authenticate_username_password()
  • wp-includes/user.php:285wp_authenticate_email_password()

Source

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	 * @since 2.5.0	 *	 * @param WP_User|WP_Error $user     WP_User or WP_Error object if a previous	 *                                   callback failed authentication.	 * @param string           $password Password to check against the user.	 */	$user = apply_filters( 'wp_authenticate_user', $user, $password );	if ( is_wp_error( $user ) ) {		return $user;	} 	$valid = wp_check_password( $password, $user->user_pass, $user->ID );

History

Introduced in 2.5.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.

  1. 6.7.7
  2. 6.8.8
  3. 6.9.7
  4. 7.0.4
  5. 7.1.0

Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.

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