Check that the user login name and password is correct.

Description

See also

• wp_authenticate()

Parameters

$user_loginstringrequired

User name.

$user_passstringrequired

User password.

Return

Source

function user_pass_ok($user_login, $user_pass) {
	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '3.5.0', 'wp_authenticate()' );
	$user = wp_authenticate( $user_login, $user_pass );
	if ( is_wp_error( $user ) )
		return false;

	return true;
}

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