WordPress hook directory
wp_authenticate

Description

Runs to authenticate a user when they log in. Action function arguments: array with user name and password.

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WordPress version history for wp_authenticate

This database has information for all major versions from WP 1.2.1 through 5.1.

Version File Line Type
1.5.2 wp-login.php 181 View in context action
2.0 wp-login.php 189 View in context action
2.0.11 wp-login.php 188 View in context action
2.1 wp-login.php 308 View in context action
2.2 wp-login.php 311 View in context action
2.3 wp-login.php 310 View in context action
2.5 wp-includes/user.php 45 View in context action
2.6 wp-includes/user.php 22 View in context action
2.7 wp-includes/user.php 44 View in context action
2.8 wp-includes/user.php 41 View in context action
2.9 wp-includes/user.php 41 View in context action
3.0 wp-includes/user.php 41 View in context action
3.1 wp-includes/user.php 41 View in context action
3.2 wp-includes/user.php 41 View in context action
3.3 wp-includes/user.php 41 View in context action
3.4 wp-includes/user.php 41 View in context action
3.5 wp-includes/user.php 41 View in context action
3.6 wp-includes/user.php 41 View in context action
3.7 wp-includes/user.php 41 View in context action
3.8 wp-includes/user.php 41 View in context action
3.9 wp-includes/user.php 54 View in context action
4.0 wp-includes/user.php 54 View in context action
4.1 wp-includes/user.php 54 View in context action
4.2 wp-includes/user.php 54 View in context action
4.3 wp-includes/user.php 56 View in context action
4.4 wp-includes/user.php 56 View in context action
4.5 wp-includes/user.php 56 View in context action
4.6 wp-includes/user.php 58 View in context action
4.7 wp-includes/user.php 58 View in context action
4.8 wp-includes/user.php 58 View in context action
4.9 wp-includes/user.php 63 View in context action
5.0 wp-includes/user.php 63 View in context action
5.1 wp-includes/user.php 67 View in context action

Related Hooks

We find related hooks using word stems. wp_authenticate has 1 significant word stem(s): authenticate. Note that some of the hooks below may not appear in all versions of WP.