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147      /**
148       * Filter whether the given user can be authenticated with the provided $password.
149       *
150       * @since 2.5.0
151       *
152       * @param WP_User|WP_Error $user     WP_User or WP_Error object if a previous
153       *                                   callback failed authentication.
154       * @param string           $password Password to check against the user.
155       */
156      $user = apply_filters( 'wp_authenticate_user', $user, $password );
157      if ( is_wp_error($user) )
158           return $user;
159
160      if ( ! wp_check_password( $password, $user->user_pass, $user->ID ) ) {
161           return new WP_Error( 'incorrect_password',
162                sprintf(
163                     /* translators: %s: user name */
164                     __( '<strong>ERROR</strong>: The password you entered for the username %s is incorrect.' ),
165                     '<strong>' . $username . '</strong>'