moving wp-login functions to functions.php? login.php

[sboisvert]

My main goal is to be able to call functions such as retrieve_password(), reset_password(),register_new_user() from plugins and themes, etc.

Maybe consider converting it into an include like wp-includes/registration.php so that it doesn't get loaded when unnecessary but can be included by users without having all the HTML and JS that wp-login.php currently comes with.

Thank you,

[scribu]

That's a good idea. Related: #5919

[ryan]

#15384