wp_generate_password() – Generates a random password drawn from the defined set of characters.
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Description
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()`.
Usage
$string = wp_generate_password( $length, $special_chars, $extra_special_chars );
Parameters
- $length
- ( int ) optional default: 12 – Optional. The length of password to generate. Default 12.
- $special_chars
- ( bool ) optional default: 1 – Optional. Whether to include standard special characters. Default true.
- $extra_special_chars
- ( bool ) optional – Optional. Whether to include other special characters. Used when generating secret keys and salts. Default false.
Returns
string The random password.
Source
File name: wordpress/wp-includes/pluggable.php
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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 ); }