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578       * If a non-null value is passed, the filter will effectively short-circuit
579       * authentication, returning an error instead.
580       *
581       * @since 2.8.0
582       *
583       * @param null|WP_User $user     User to authenticate.
584       * @param string       $username User login.
585       * @param string       $password User password
586       */
587      $user = apply_filters( 'authenticate', null, $username, $password );
588
589      if ( $user == null ) {
590           // TODO what should the error message be? (Or would these even happen?)
591           // Only needed if all authentication handlers fail to return anything.
592           $user = new WP_Error('authentication_failed', __('<strong>ERROR</strong>: Invalid username or incorrect password.'));
593      }
594
595      $ignore_codes = array('empty_username', 'empty_password');
596