Title: Can’t Authenticate wordpress users
Last modified: January 8, 2018

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# Can’t Authenticate wordpress users

 *  Resolved [fahema18](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fahema18/)
 * (@fahema18)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-authenticate-wordpress-users/)
 * Hi,
    Unable to authenticat users. [https://mysitename.com/psorenity/site/api/user/generate_auth_cookie/?username=Psorenity_admin&password=Adobe110#](https://mysitename.com/psorenity/site/api/user/generate_auth_cookie/?username=Psorenity_admin&password=Adobe110#)
 * Error:
    { “status”: “error”, “error”: “Invalid username/email and/or password.”}
   Note: I am passing correct values plz help
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcant-authenticate-wordpress-users%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Thread Starter [fahema18](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fahema18/)
 * (@fahema18)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-authenticate-wordpress-users/#post-9843607)
 * if i register user like this, after created user i can easily auth this user….
 * [https://test.com/api/user/register/?username=fahema&user_pass=fah123456&email=fahema@domain.com&nonce=91a8e0c4ad&display_name=fahema&notify=no](https://test.com/api/user/register/?username=fahema&user_pass=fah123456&email=fahema@domain.com&nonce=91a8e0c4ad&display_name=fahema&notify=no)
   {“
   status”: “ok”, “cookie”: “fahema|1516621115|3UNiqFw1MJZ4Z3Em8UIVByh9MDiJH4TpTHFrGAECwCk
   |2f8dd6b2fdc8f70b3b4993ffef63e16a67ec2e3b01d89fa59b74686bc40f86e8”, “user_id”:
   13 }
 *  Plugin Author [Ali Qureshi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/parorrey/)
 * (@parorrey)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-authenticate-wordpress-users/#post-9868135)
 * your password had # sign. That must have been the problem.

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-authenticate-wordpress-users/#post-9868135)
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