Title: wp_authenticate_user
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# wp_authenticate_user

 *  [mythemes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mythemes/)
 * (@mythemes)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_authenticate_user/)
 * in documentation of this hook
 * [https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference/wp_authenticate_user](https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference/wp_authenticate_user)
 * tells that password is encrypted. but is not 🙂
 * in wp-includes/user.php, the filter run with original password:
 *     ```
       $user = apply_filters('wp_authenticate_user', $user, $password);
       	if ( is_wp_error($user) )
       		return $user;
       ```
   
 * maybe it’s a bug or the documentation need an update

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 *  [orbisius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/orbisius/)
 * (@orbisius)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_authenticate_user/#post-4046842)
 * this is probably the password that the user has entered in the login form.

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