[wp-hackers] Integrate site authentication with WordPress

Beau Lebens beau at dentedreality.com.au
Wed Dec 2 20:32:56 UTC 2009


> That's the old way. Authenticating a user in WP 2.8 and up is much more simple.
>
> 1. Create a function that authenticates the user via whatever means
> you like, and returns an appropriate WP_User object.
> 2. Hook that to the 'authenticate' filter.
> 3. There is no 3.

You learn something new everyday :)

That's awesome Otto, thanks!


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