Title: Forgot password functionality in shortcode
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Forgot password functionality in shortcode

 *  [Andy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andys2p/)
 * (@andys2p)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/forgot-password-functionality-in-shortcode/)
 * Hello,
 * I installed WP 4.3 and developed some shortcodes which take over login, register,
   edit profile, logout and forgot password functionalities.
 * My question: Shouldn’t retrieve_password() from wp-login.php function be defined
   in let’s say wp-includes/user.php so when I implement forgot password functionality
   I don’t have to copy&paste code from wp-login.php to my shortcode code?
 * If I do copy&paste would mean I “hardcode” forgot password functionality and 
   I want to follow WP functionalities as much as possible.
 * Thanks,
    Andy

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 * [forgot password](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/forgot-password/)
 * [lost+password](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/lostpassword/)
 * [wp-login.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp-login-php/)

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/forgot-password-functionality-in-shortcode/)
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