Title: User password
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# User password

 *  [nkieto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nkieto/)
 * (@nkieto)
 * [23 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-password/)
 * I have seen the password is not codified in the database. This could be a dangerous
   problem. Don’t think?
    I like methods like phpBB to codify the password. They
   use a database field of 32 caracters. When a user is registering, phpBB use php
   md5() function to codify and save in database. I think it could be more secure.
   Great work

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 *  Moderator [Matt Mullenweg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matt/)
 * (@matt)
 * [23 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-password/#post-21604)
 * It’s an option, look at the code.
 *  Thread Starter [nkieto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nkieto/)
 * (@nkieto)
 * [23 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-password/#post-21664)
 * I can’t understand. The database field for pass has 20 characters. It could not
   save a md5 codification, because this is 32 characters.
    I will try to modify
   on my own for this, and if it works I could say you (if you want) Thanks 🙂
 *  Anonymous
 * [22 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-password/#post-22078)
 * u write md5($user_password) like that

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 * In: [Requests and Feedback](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/requests-and-feedback/)
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 * Last reply from: Anonymous
 * Last activity: [22 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-password/#post-22078)
 * Status: not resolved

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