Title: must passwords already be encrypted
Last modified: February 13, 2024

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# must passwords already be encrypted

 *  Resolved [johnwit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnwit/)
 * (@johnwit)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/must-passwords-already-be-encrypted/)
 * when importing users, does the password already have to be hashed or encrypted,
   or does this happen from plaintext import and then encrypted upon import into
   the database?
    -  This topic was modified 2 years, 2 months ago by [johnwit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnwit/).

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 *  Plugin Support [WebToffee Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webtoffeesupport/)
 * (@webtoffeesupport)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/must-passwords-already-be-encrypted/#post-17423693)
 * Hi [@johnwit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnwit/),
 * Thank you for reaching out to us.
 * When importing users, if the passwords are hashed, then the passwords will be
   imported as they are. However, if the passwords are present as plain text in 
   the import file, then the passwords will be hashed by the plugin.
 * If you have any other queries, kindly let us know.
 *  Thread Starter [johnwit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnwit/)
 * (@johnwit)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/must-passwords-already-be-encrypted/#post-17424026)
 * Thanks for the quich response, just what i needed to know

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## Tags

 * [encryption](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/encryption/)
 * [passwords](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/passwords/)

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 * Last reply from: [johnwit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnwit/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/must-passwords-already-be-encrypted/#post-17424026)
 * Status: resolved