Sets a cookie for a user who just logged in. This function is deprecated.

• wp_set_auth_cookie()

$username string Required

The user's username

$password string Optional

The user's password

Default: ''

$already_md5 bool Optional

Whether the password has already been through MD5

Default: false

$home string Optional

Will be used instead of COOKIEPATH if set

Default: ''

$siteurl string Optional

Will be used instead of SITECOOKIEPATH if set

Default: ''

$remember bool Optional

Remember that the user is logged in

Default: false

File: wp-includes/pluggable-deprecated.php. View all references

function wp_setcookie($username, $password = '', $already_md5 = false, $home = '', $siteurl = '', $remember = false) {
	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '2.5.0', 'wp_set_auth_cookie()' );
	$user = get_user_by('login', $username);
	wp_set_auth_cookie($user->ID, $remember);
}