Title: “user_pass” does not work
Last modified: April 5, 2026

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# “user_pass” does not work

 *  Resolved [ruxdomenig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ruxdomenig/)
 * (@ruxdomenig)
 * [3 days, 8 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user_pass-does-not-work/)
 * **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](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carazo/)
 * (@carazo)
 * [3 days, 7 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user_pass-does-not-work/#post-18872209)
 * Yes, the user_pass contains the hashed password as it is saved in the database.
 *  Thread Starter [ruxdomenig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ruxdomenig/)
 * (@ruxdomenig)
 * [3 days, 1 hour ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user_pass-does-not-work/#post-18872362)
 * Thank you. But as I said, this does not work ….
 *  Plugin Author [Javier Carazo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carazo/)
 * (@carazo)
 * [2 days, 18 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user_pass-does-not-work/#post-18872477)
 * Maybe you are moving passwords between different WordPress versions (md5 very
   old installations, phpass later and now it uses bcrypt).

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 * Last reply from: [Javier Carazo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carazo/)
 * Last activity: [2 days, 18 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user_pass-does-not-work/#post-18872477)
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