Title: [Plugin: External DB authentication] phpass/bcrypt based passwords
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: External DB authentication] phpass/bcrypt based passwords

 *  [jk3us](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jk3us/)
 * (@jk3us)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-external-db-authentication-phpassbcrypt-based-passwords/)
 * We use phpass to store our passwords encrypted with bcrypt-style hashes. I don’t
   think there is a way to authenticate against those with the plugin (correct me
   if I’m wrong).
 * The addition of this feature would be great.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/external-database-authentication/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/external-database-authentication/)

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 *  Thread Starter [jk3us](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jk3us/)
 * (@jk3us)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-external-db-authentication-phpassbcrypt-based-passwords/#post-2334366)
 * phpass can be found at [http://www.openwall.com/phpass/](http://www.openwall.com/phpass/).

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