PHP Native Password Hash
by Ayesh Karunaratne · Uncategorized
Makes WordPress use PHP's native password_hash() functions for portable, stronger, and time-attack safe bcrypt and Argon2 hashes.
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Since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
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