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 6.2.

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
5.2	wp-includes/user.php	67	View in context	action
5.3	wp-includes/user.php	67	View in context	action
5.4	wp-includes/user.php	67	View in context	action
5.5	wp-includes/user.php	67	View in context	action
5.6	wp-includes/user.php	67	View in context	action
5.7	wp-includes/user.php	67	View in context	action
5.8	wp-includes/user.php	67	View in context	action
5.9	wp-includes/user.php	67	View in context	action
6.0	wp-includes/user.php	67	View in context	action
6.1	wp-includes/user.php	67	View in context	action
6.2	wp-includes/user.php	78	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.

• Hooks with 1 identical stem
  • application_password_did_authenticate
  • authenticate
  • wp_authenticate_application_password_errors
  • wp_authenticate_user