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1782      $current_user = wp_get_current_user();
1783      if ( $current_user->ID == $ID ) {
1784           if ( isset($plaintext_pass) ) {
1785                wp_clear_auth_cookie();
1786
1787                // Here we calculate the expiration length of the current auth cookie and compare it to the default expiration.
1788                // If it's greater than this, then we know the user checked 'Remember Me' when they logged in.
1789                $logged_in_cookie    = wp_parse_auth_cookie( '', 'logged_in' );
1790                /** This filter is documented in wp-includes/pluggable.php */
1791                $default_cookie_life = apply_filters( 'auth_cookie_expiration', ( 2 * DAY_IN_SECONDS ), $ID, false );
1792                $remember            = ( ( $logged_in_cookie['expiration'] - time() ) > $default_cookie_life );
1793
1794                wp_set_auth_cookie( $ID, $remember );
1795           }
1796      }
1797
1798      return $user_id;
1799 }
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