wp-includes/user.php:4895Returns a confirmation key for a user action and stores the hashed version for future comparison.
$request_idintstringfunction wp_generate_user_request_key( $request_id ) { global $wp_hasher; // Generate something random for a confirmation key. $key = wp_generate_password( 20, false ); // Return the key, hashed. if ( empty( $wp_hasher ) ) { require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-phpass.php'; $wp_hasher = new PasswordHash( 8, true ); } wp_update_post( array( 'ID' => $request_id, 'post_status' => 'request-pending', 'post_password' => $wp_hasher->HashPassword( $key ), ) ); return $key;}Introduced in 4.9.6. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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