What type of hash does WordPress use?

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Amanda Kumar picture Amanda Kumar · Jun 25, 2009 · Viewed 202.8k times · Source

What type of hash does WordPress use?
Here is an example of a WordPress hash:

$P$Bp.ZDNMM98mGNxCtHSkc1DqdRPXeoR.

Answer

Neil picture Neil · Aug 26, 2011

The WordPress password hasher implements the Portable PHP password hashing framework, which is used in Content Management Systems like WordPress and Drupal.

They used to use MD5 in the older versions, but sadly for me, no more. You can generate hashes using this encryption scheme at http://scriptserver.mainframe8.com/wordpress_password_hasher.php.

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