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2311      $current_user = wp_get_current_user();
2312      if ( $current_user->ID == $ID ) {
2313           if ( isset($plaintext_pass) ) {
2314                wp_clear_auth_cookie();
2315
2316                // Here we calculate the expiration length of the current auth cookie and compare it to the default expiration.
2317                // If it's greater than this, then we know the user checked 'Remember Me' when they logged in.
2318                $logged_in_cookie    = wp_parse_auth_cookie( '', 'logged_in' );
2319                /** This filter is documented in wp-includes/pluggable.php */
2320                $default_cookie_life = apply_filters( 'auth_cookie_expiration', ( 2 * DAY_IN_SECONDS ), $ID, false );
2321                $remember            = ( ( $logged_in_cookie['expiration'] - time() ) > $default_cookie_life );
2322
2323                wp_set_auth_cookie( $ID, $remember );
2324           }
2325      }
2326
2327      return $user_id;
2328 }
2329