Title: reset_password
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

---

# reset_password( WP_User $user, string $new_pass )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/reset_password/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/reset_password/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Hooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/reset_password/?output_format=md#hooks)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/reset_password/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/reset_password/?output_format=md#changelog)

[ Back to top](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/reset_password/?output_format=md#wp--skip-link--target)

Handles resetting the user’s password.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/reset_password/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$user`[WP_User](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user/)required

The user

`$new_pass`stringrequired

New password for the user in plaintext

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/reset_password/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    function reset_password(
    	$user,
    	#[\SensitiveParameter]
    	$new_pass
    ) {
    	/**
    	 * Fires before the user's password is reset.
    	 *
    	 * @since 1.5.0
    	 *
    	 * @param WP_User $user     The user.
    	 * @param string  $new_pass New user password.
    	 */
    	do_action( 'password_reset', $user, $new_pass );

    	wp_set_password( $new_pass, $user->ID );
    	update_user_meta( $user->ID, 'default_password_nag', false );

    	/**
    	 * Fires after the user's password is reset.
    	 *
    	 * @since 4.4.0
    	 *
    	 * @param WP_User $user     The user.
    	 * @param string  $new_pass New user password.
    	 */
    	do_action( 'after_password_reset', $user, $new_pass );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/user.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/user.php#L3452)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/user.php#L3452-L3479)

## 󠀁[Hooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/reset_password/?output_format=md#hooks)󠁿

 [do_action( ‘after_password_reset’, WP_User $user, string $new_pass )](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/after_password_reset/)

Fires after the user’s password is reset.

 [do_action( ‘password_reset’, WP_User $user, string $new_pass )](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/password_reset/)

Fires before the user’s password is reset.

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/reset_password/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [wp_set_password()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_set_password/)`wp-includes/pluggable.php` |

Updates the user’s password with a new hashed one.

  | 
| [update_user_meta()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/update_user_meta/)`wp-includes/user.php` |

Updates user meta field based on user ID.

  | 
| [do_action()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/do_action/)`wp-includes/plugin.php` |

Calls the callback functions that have been added to an action hook.

  |

[Show 1 more](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/reset_password/?output_format=md#)
[Show less](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/reset_password/?output_format=md#)

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/reset_password/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [2.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.5.0/) | Introduced. |

## User Contributed Notes

You must [log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fdeveloper.wordpress.org%2Freference%2Ffunctions%2Freset_password%2F)
before being able to contribute a note or feedback.