Changeset 36617 for trunk/src/wp-includes/pluggable.php

Timestamp:

02/22/2016 11:14:27 PM (9 years ago)

Author:

ocean90

Message:

Authentication: Allow users to log in using their email address.

Introduces wp_authenticate_email_password() which is hooked into authenticate after wp_authenticate_username_password().

Props Denis-de-Bernardy, ericlewis, vhomenko, MikeHansenMe, swissspidy, ocean90.
Fixes #9568.

File:

• trunk/src/wp-includes/pluggable.php (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/src/wp-includes/pluggable.php

@@ -549 +549 @@
  * @since 2.5.0
  *
- * @param string $username User's username.
+ * @param string $username User's username or email address.
  * @param string $password User's password.
  * @return WP_User|WP_Error WP_User object if the credentials are valid,
@@ -576 +576 @@
         // TODO what should the error message be? (Or would these even happen?)
         // Only needed if all authentication handlers fail to return anything.
-        $user = new WP_Error('authentication_failed', __('<strong>ERROR</strong>: Invalid username or incorrect password.'));
+        $user = new WP_Error( 'authentication_failed', __( '<strong>ERROR</strong>: Invalid username, email address or incorrect password.' ) );
     }