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Check the question and answers here. &nbsp;This entire process has changed a bit in the last couple of years.<br />
<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28974944/Does-password-verify-automatically-detect-the-salt.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28974944/Does-password-verify-automatically-detect-the-salt.html</a>
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Check the question and answers here.  This entire process has changed a bit in the last couple of years.
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28974944/Does-password-verify-automatically-detect-the-salt.html [https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28974944/Does-password-verify-automatically-detect-the-salt.html]

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I need to figure out how to encode a password in Wordpress. &nbsp;I'm building a plugin and don't know what function to use to encoder the PW.
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I need to figure out how to encode a password in Wordpress.  I'm building a plugin and don't know what function to use to encoder the PW.

Encode a password

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