Title: wp_is_application_passwords_available_for_user
Published: December 9, 2020
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# wp_is_application_passwords_available_for_user( int|WP_User $user ): bool

## In this article

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

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Checks if Application Passwords is available for a specific user.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_is_application_passwords_available_for_user/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

By default all users can use Application Passwords. Use [‘wp_is_application_passwords_available_for_user’](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_is_application_passwords_available_for_user/)
to restrict availability to certain users.

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

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

The user to check.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_is_application_passwords_available_for_user/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 bool

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

    ```php
    function wp_is_application_passwords_available_for_user( $user ) {
    	if ( ! wp_is_application_passwords_available() ) {
    		return false;
    	}

    	if ( ! is_object( $user ) ) {
    		$user = get_userdata( $user );
    	}

    	if ( ! $user || ! $user->exists() ) {
    		return false;
    	}

    	/**
    	 * Filters whether Application Passwords is available for a specific user.
    	 *
    	 * @since 5.6.0
    	 *
    	 * @param bool    $available True if available, false otherwise.
    	 * @param WP_User $user      The user to check.
    	 */
    	return apply_filters( 'wp_is_application_passwords_available_for_user', true, $user );
    }
    ```

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[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/user.php#L5162-L5184)

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

 [apply_filters( ‘wp_is_application_passwords_available_for_user’, bool $available, WP_User $user )](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_is_application_passwords_available_for_user/)

Filters whether Application Passwords is available for a specific user.

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

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

Checks if Application Passwords is globally available.

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

Retrieves user info by user ID.

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

Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.

  |

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| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_REST_Application_Passwords_Controller::get_user()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_application_passwords_controller/get_user/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-application-passwords-controller.php` |

Gets the requested user.

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

Authenticates the user using an application password.

  |

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

| Version | Description | 
| [5.6.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.6.0/) | Introduced. |

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