check_password – Hook | Developer.WordPress.org

apply_filters( ‘check_password’, bool $check, string $password, string $hash, string|int $user_id )

Filters whether the plaintext password matches the hashed password.

Parameters

$checkbool: Whether the passwords match.
$passwordstring: The plaintext password.
$hashstring: The hashed password.
$user_idstring|int: Optional ID of a user associated with the password.
Can be empty.

return apply_filters( 'check_password', $check, $password, $hash, $user_id );

Used by	Description
wp_check_password()`wp-includes/pluggable.php`	Checks a plaintext password against a hashed password.

Version	Description
6.8.0	Passwords are now hashed with bcrypt by default. Old passwords may still be hashed with phpass or md5.
2.5.0	Introduced.

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