“user_pass” does not work

  • Resolved ruxdomenig

    (@ruxdomenig)


    1 month ago

    In the documentation, it is written that for the password field, you can use either a column named “Password” or “user_pass”. I first used “user_pass”, but it didn’t work — I was not able to log in with the password I had defined. As soon as I used “Password”, it worked.

    My understanding is that “user_pass” should be used when exporting users from one site and importing them into a new site while keeping the same passwords. Is this right?

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  • Plugin Author Javier Carazo

    (@carazo)

    1 month ago

    Yes, the user_pass contains the hashed password as it is saved in the database.

    Thread Starter ruxdomenig

    (@ruxdomenig)

    1 month ago

    Thank you. But as I said, this does not work ….

    Plugin Author Javier Carazo

    (@carazo)

    1 month ago

    Maybe you are moving passwords between different WordPress versions (md5 very old installations, phpass later and now it uses bcrypt).

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