Title: Modifying WordPress Password Encryption
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Modifying WordPress Password Encryption

 *  Resolved [excalo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/excalo/)
 * (@excalo)
 * [15 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modifying-wordpress-password-encryption/)
 * Hi,
 * I recently came across a client who had me migrate their site from Joomla to 
   WordPress. I was able to migrate all their content and find plugins that matched
   the ones they were using in Joomla. However, the client also wants me to migrate
   all the users from Joomla to WordPress, so that they don’t all have to reregister.
 * Of course, the only way to do this would be to modify WordPress’s password encryption
   to match the encryptions used with their Joomla installation. I was able to find
   what encryptions Joomla was using, but now I’m stuck. What functions/files do
   I need to change in WordPress to use the new encryption?
 * Any help at all is appreciated – all I really need is a starting point and I 
   can do the rest. Thanks!

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 *  Thread Starter [excalo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/excalo/)
 * (@excalo)
 * [15 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modifying-wordpress-password-encryption/#post-1558104)
 * BUMP
 * Any pointers at all?
 *  Thread Starter [excalo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/excalo/)
 * (@excalo)
 * [15 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modifying-wordpress-password-encryption/#post-1558142)
 * Got it.
 * Changed 2 functions in wp-includes/pluggable.php.
 *  [saxanrappai](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saxanrappai/)
 * (@saxanrappai)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modifying-wordpress-password-encryption/#post-1558552)
 * thanks a ton for this information.
 *  [cedricve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cedricve/)
 * (@cedricve)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modifying-wordpress-password-encryption/#post-1558774)
 * If someone have a problem with how wordpress encrypts passwords. I have wrote
   an article about it : [http://www.cedricve.me/blog/2011/05/how-to-make-an-external-wordpress-login-page/](http://www.cedricve.me/blog/2011/05/how-to-make-an-external-wordpress-login-page/)

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## Tags

 * [encryption](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/encryption/)
 * [login](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/login/)
 * [password](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/password/)
 * [register](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/register/)

 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [cedricve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cedricve/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modifying-wordpress-password-encryption/#post-1558774)
 * Status: resolved

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