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wp_generate_password › WordPress Function
Since2.5.0
Deprecatedn/a
› wp_generate_password ( $length = 12, $special_chars = true, $extra_special_chars = false )
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Generates a random password drawn from the defined set of characters.
Uses wp_rand() is used to create passwords with far less predictability
than similar native PHP functions like rand()
or mt_rand()
.
Related Functions: wp_ajax_generate_password, wp_set_password, generate_random_password, wp_generator, wp_get_password_hint
Source
function wp_generate_password( $length = 12, $special_chars = true, $extra_special_chars = false ) { $chars = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789'; if ( $special_chars ) { $chars .= '!@#$%^&*()'; } if ( $extra_special_chars ) { $chars .= '-_ []{}<>~`+=,.;:/?|'; } $password = ''; for ( $i = 0; $i < $length; $i++ ) { $password .= substr( $chars, wp_rand( 0, strlen( $chars ) - 1 ), 1 ); } /** * Filters the randomly-generated password. * * @since 3.0.0 * @since 5.3.0 Added the `$length`, `$special_chars`, and `$extra_special_chars` parameters. * * @param string $password The generated password. * @param int $length The length of password to generate. * @param bool $special_chars Whether to include standard special characters. * @param bool $extra_special_chars Whether to include other special characters. */ return apply_filters( 'random_password', $password, $length, $special_chars, $extra_special_chars ); } endif; if ( ! function_exists( 'wp_rand' ) ) :