Title: using deprecated function
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# using deprecated function

 *  [Donna McMaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcdonna/)
 * (@mcdonna)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-deprecated-function/)
 * Just updated to WP 4.4 and now I am getting this error:
 * `Notice: get_userdatabylogin is deprecated since version 3.3! Use get_user_by('
   login') instead. in /Users/donna/Sites/lcso/wp-includes/functions.php on line
   3568`
 * The only code that was calling the function was line 283 in plugins/limit-login-
   attempts/limit-login-attempts.php.
 * This should be an easy fix if anyone has access to the code base.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/limit-login-attempts/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/limit-login-attempts/)

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 *  [Jason Wong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eljkmw/)
 * (@eljkmw)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-deprecated-function/#post-6846952)
 * Shouldn’t it be
 *     ```
       $user = get_user_by('login', $username);
       ```
   
 * I found this solution from:
    [https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_userdatabylogin](https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_userdatabylogin)
 *  [WPChef](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpchefgadget/)
 * (@wpchefgadget)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-deprecated-function/#post-6847126)
 * There’s a new version of this plugin called Limit Login Attempts Reloaded which
   has this issue resolved in it. [https://wordpress.org/plugins/limit-login-attempts-reloaded/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/limit-login-attempts-reloaded/)

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 * Last reply from: [WPChef](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpchefgadget/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-deprecated-function/#post-6847126)
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