Sets a cookie for a user who just logged in. This function is deprecated.

Description

See also

• wp_set_auth_cookie()

Parameters

$usernamestringrequired

The user’s username

$passwordstringoptional

The user’s password

Default:''

$already_md5booloptional

Whether the password has already been through MD5

Default:false

$homestringoptional

Will be used instead of COOKIEPATH if set

Default:''

$siteurlstringoptional

Will be used instead of SITECOOKIEPATH if set

Default:''

$rememberbooloptional

Remember that the user is logged in

Default:false

Source

function wp_setcookie($username, $password = '', $already_md5 = false, $home = '', $siteurl = '', $remember = false) {
	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '2.5.0', 'wp_set_auth_cookie()' );
	$user = get_user_by('login', $username);
	wp_set_auth_cookie($user->ID, $remember);
}

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