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1974      /**
1975       * Filters whether the provided username is valid.
1976       *
1977       * @since 2.0.1
1978       *
1979       * @param bool   $valid    Whether given username is valid.
1980       * @param string $username Username to check.
1981       */
1982      return apply_filters( 'validate_username', $valid, $username );
1983 }
1984
1985 /**
1986  * Inserts a user into the database.
1987  *
1988  * Most of the `$userdata` array fields have filters associated with the values. Exceptions are
1989  * 'ID', 'rich_editing', 'syntax_highlighting', 'comment_shortcuts', 'admin_color', 'use_ssl',
1990  * 'user_registered', 'user_activation_key', 'spam', and 'role'. The filters have the prefix
1991  * 'pre_user_' followed by the field name. An example using 'description' would have the filter