Title: Change MD5 Authentication
Last modified: February 1, 2020

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# Change MD5 Authentication

 *  Resolved [web02](https://wordpress.org/support/users/web02/)
 * (@web02)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-md5-authentication/)
 * Hi!
    Is it possible to change the type of md5 authentication a login? This is
   because my server does not allow MD5 attention, any idea or suggestion is welcome

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 *  [Sanjeev Aryal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sanzeeb3/)
 * (@sanzeeb3)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-md5-authentication/#post-12392346)
 * Hi [@web02](https://wordpress.org/support/users/web02/),
 * I apologize I’m not sure I understand your question. The plugin does not use 
   md5() to encrypt your passwords. Could you please share more details with the
   mailer you’re using?
 * Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [web02](https://wordpress.org/support/users/web02/)
 * (@web02)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-md5-authentication/#post-12398281)
 * No, the plugin uses md5 as the type of authentication, I need to change it to
   type “login”
 *  Plugin Author [Slava Abakumov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/slaffik/)
 * (@slaffik)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-md5-authentication/#post-12401298)
 * Hey [@web02](https://wordpress.org/support/users/web02/)
 * Could you please try this code snippet?
 *     ```
       add_filter( 'wp_mail_smtp_custom_options', function( $phpmailer ) {
           $phpmailer->AuthType = 'LOGIN';
           return $phpmailer;
       } );
       ```
   
 * Please get back to us with the results, whether it worked for you or not.
 *  [Sanjeev Aryal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sanzeeb3/)
 * (@sanzeeb3)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-md5-authentication/#post-12435479)
 * Hi [@web02](https://wordpress.org/support/users/web02/) – We haven’t heard from
   you in about a week, so I’m going to go ahead and mark this ticket resolved. 
   If you still have questions, though, please feel welcome to continue the conversation.

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 * Last reply from: [Sanjeev Aryal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sanzeeb3/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-md5-authentication/#post-12435479)
 * Status: resolved