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Function Reference/wp set password

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Description

Updates the user's password with a new encrypted one.

For integration with other applications, this function can be overwritten to instead use the other package password checking algorithm. @uses $wpdb WordPress database object for queries @uses wp_hash_password() Used to encrypt the user's password before passing to the database

Usage

<?php wp_set_password( $password, $user_id ) ?>

Parameters

$password
(string) (required) The plaintext new user password
Default: None
$user_id
(integer) (required) User ID
Default: None

Examples

Below is an example showing how to update a user's password 

<?php
$user_id = 1;
$password = 'HelloWorld';
wp_set_password( $password, $user_id );
?>

Change Log

Since: 2.5

Source File

wp_set_password() is located in wp-includes/pluggable.php

Retrieved from "http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_set_password"

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