Title: lostpassword_user_data
Published: March 9, 2021
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘lostpassword_user_data’, WP_User|false $user_data, WP_Error $errors )

## In this article

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

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Filters the user data during a password reset request.

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

Allows, for example, custom validation using data other than username or email address.

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

 `$user_data`[WP_User](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user/)
|false

[WP_User](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user/) object if 
found, false if the user does not exist.

`$errors`[WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/)

A [WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/) object
containing any errors generated by using invalid credentials.

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

    ```php
    $user_data = apply_filters( 'lostpassword_user_data', $user_data, $errors );
    ```

[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#L3241)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/user.php#L3241-L3241)

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

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

Handles sending a password retrieval email to a user.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [5.7.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.7.0/) | Introduced. |

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