wp_hash( string $data, string $scheme = 'auth' ): string

Gets hash of given string.

Parameters

$data string Required: Plain text to hash.
$scheme string Optional: Authentication scheme (auth, secure_auth, logged_in, nonce).

Default: 'auth'

string Hash of $data.

wp_hash( $data, $scheme );

This function can be replaced via plugins. If plugins do not redefine these functions, then this will be used instead.
Uses: wp_salt() Get WordPress salt.

File: wp-includes/pluggable.php. View all references

function wp_hash( $data, $scheme = 'auth' ) {
	$salt = wp_salt( $scheme );

	return hash_hmac( 'md5', $data, $salt );
}

Uses
Uses	Description
wp_salt() wp-includes/pluggable.php	Returns a salt to add to hashes.

Used By
Used By	Description
WP_REST_Widgets_Controller::prepare_item_for_response() wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-widgets-controller.php	Prepares the widget for the REST response.
WP_REST_Widgets_Controller::save_widget() wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-widgets-controller.php	Saves the widget in the request object.
WP_REST_Widget_Types_Controller::encode_form_data() wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-widget-types-controller.php	An RPC-style endpoint which can be used by clients to turn user input in a widget admin form into an encoded instance object.
wp_get_unapproved_comment_author_email() wp-includes/comment.php	Gets unapproved comment author’s email.
WP_Customize_Nav_Menus::hash_nav_menu_args() wp-includes/class-wp-customize-nav-menus.php	Hashes (hmac) the nav menu arguments to ensure they are not tampered with when submitted in the Ajax request.
wp_verify_nonce() wp-includes/pluggable.php	Verifies that a correct security nonce was used with time limit.
wp_create_nonce() wp-includes/pluggable.php	Creates a cryptographic token tied to a specific action, user, user session, and window of time.
wp_validate_auth_cookie() wp-includes/pluggable.php	Validates authentication cookie.
wp_generate_auth_cookie() wp-includes/pluggable.php	Generates authentication cookie contents.
WP_Customize_Widgets::get_instance_hash_key() wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php	Retrieves MAC for a serialized widget instance string.