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the_post_password()

Displays the post password.

Description

The password is passed through esc_attr() to ensure that it is safe for placing in an HTML attribute.

Source

File: wp-admin/includes/template.php 

function the_post_password() {
	$post = get_post();
	if ( isset( $post->post_password ) ) {
		echo esc_attr( $post->post_password );
	}
}

Uses

Uses Description
wp-includes/formatting.php: esc_attr()

Escaping for HTML attributes.
wp-includes/post.php: get_post()

Retrieves post data given a post ID or post object.

Changelog

Version Description
2.7.0 Introduced.

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Licensed under the GNU GPLv2+ License.
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/the_post_password