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Wordpress Update User's Password with PHP

I have a webapp that uses Wordpress for it's authentication. I have an Account options page there. When opened, it contains a password update section. I POST this to my PHP script and run this code:

wp_update_user(array('ID' => getUserIDWP(), 'user_pass' => $_POST['newpass']))

It logs me out of my current Wordpress session, but when I try to log back in with the password I specified there, it says that I entered an incorrect password. I'd appreciate if someone could shed some light on this subject.

Note: the getUserIDWP() function is an alias for $current_user->ID; and the other related stuff.

Solution

  • It worked for me to update 'user_pass' using both update_user_meta and wp_update_user:

    update_user_meta($user_id, 'user_pass', $newpassword);
wp_update_user( array ('ID' => $user_id, 'user_pass' => $newpassword) ) ;