Filter hook 'salt'

Hook Information

Hook Parameters

Usage Examples

<?php
// Hook into salt
add_filter('salt', 'my_custom_filter', 10, 2);

function my_custom_filter($cached_salt, $scheme) {
    // Your custom filtering logic here
    return $cached_salt;
}

Source Code Context

<?php
2587  		}
2588  
2589  		$cached_salts[ $scheme ] = $values['key'] . $values['salt'];
2590  
2591  		/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/pluggable.php */
2592  		return apply_filters( 'salt', $cached_salts[ $scheme ], $scheme );
2593  	}
2594  endif;
2595  
2596  if ( ! function_exists( 'wp_hash' ) ) :
2597  	/**

PHP Documentation

<?php
/**
			 * Filters the WordPress salt.
			 *
			 * @since 2.5.0
			 *
			 * @param string $cached_salt Cached salt for the given scheme.
			 * @param string $scheme      Authentication scheme. Values include 'auth',
			 *                            'secure_auth', 'logged_in', and 'nonce'.
			 */
			return apply_filters( 'salt', $cached_salts[ $scheme ], $scheme );
		}

		static $duplicated_keys;
		if ( null === $duplicated_keys ) {
			$duplicated_keys = array();

			foreach ( array( 'AUTH', 'SECURE_AUTH', 'LOGGED_IN', 'NONCE', 'SECRET' ) as $first ) {
				foreach ( array( 'KEY', 'SALT' ) as $second ) {
					if ( ! defined( "{$first}_{$second}" ) ) {
						continue;
					}
					$value                     = constant( "{$first}_{$second}" );
					$duplicated_keys[ $value ] = isset( $duplicated_keys[ $value ] );
				}
			}

			$duplicated_keys['put your unique phrase here'] = true;

			/*
			 * translators: This string should only be translated if wp-config-sample.php is localized.
			 * You can check the localized release package or
			 * https://i18n.svn.wordpress.org/<locale code>/branches/<wp version>/dist/wp-config-sample.php
			 */
			$duplicated_keys[ __( 'put your unique phrase here' ) ] = true;
		}

		/*
		 * Determine which options to prime.
		 *
		 * If the salt keys are undefined, use a duplicate value or the
		 * default `put your unique phrase here` value the salt will be
		 * generated via `wp_generate_password()` and stored as a site
		 * option. These options will be primed to avoid repeated
		 * database requests for undefined salts.
		 */
		$options_to_prime = array();
		foreach ( array( 'auth', 'secure_auth', 'logged_in', 'nonce' ) as $key ) {
			foreach ( array( 'key', 'salt' ) as $second ) {
				$const = strtoupper( "{$key}_{$second}" );
				if ( ! defined( $const ) || true === $duplicated_keys[ constant( $const ) ] ) {
					$options_to_prime[] = "{$key}_{$second}";
				}
			}
		}

		if ( ! empty( $options_to_prime ) ) {
			/*
			 * Also prime `secret_key` used for undefined salting schemes.
			 *
			 * If the scheme is unknown, the default value for `secret_key` will be
			 * used too for the salt. This should rarely happen, so the option is only
			 * primed if other salts are undefined.
			 *
			 * At this point of execution it is known that a database call will be made
			 * to prime salts, so the `secret_key` option can be primed regardless of the
			 * constants status.
			 */