wp_setcookie( string $username, string $password = '', bool $already_md5 = false, string $home = '', string $siteurl = '', bool $remember = false )

Parameters

$usernamestring

The user's username

$passwordstringoptional

The user's passwordDefault: ''

$already_md5booloptional

Whether the password has already been through MD5Default: false

$homestringoptional

Will be used instead of COOKIEPATH if setDefault: ''

$siteurlstringoptional

Will be used instead of SITECOOKIEPATH if setDefault: ''

$rememberbooloptional

Remember that the user is logged inDefault: false

Uses · 3

• _deprecated_function()Marks a function as deprecated and inform when it has been used.
• get_user_by()Retrieves user info by a given field.
• wp_set_auth_cookie()Sets the authentication cookies for a given user ID.

Source

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104function wp_setcookie(105	$username,106	#[\SensitiveParameter]107	$password = '',108	$already_md5 = false,109	$home = '',110	$siteurl = '',111	$remember = false112) {113	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '2.5.0', 'wp_set_auth_cookie()' );114	$user = get_user_by('login', $username);115	wp_set_auth_cookie($user->ID, $remember);116}

History

Introduced in 1.5.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.

1. 6.7.7
2. 6.8.8
3. 6.9.7
4. 7.0.4
5. 7.1.0

Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.

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