Filters whether the given user can be authenticated with the provided password.

$user WP_User|WP_Error

WP_User or WP_Error object if a previous callback failed authentication.

$password string

Password to check against the user.

This hook should return either a WP_User() object or, if generating an error, a WP_Error() object.

File: wp-includes/user.php. View all references

$user = apply_filters( 'wp_authenticate_user', $user, $password );