Title: retrieve_password_title
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘retrieve_password_title’, string $title, string $user_login, WP_User $user_data )

## In this article

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

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Filters the subject of the password reset email.

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

 `$title`string

Email subject.

`$user_login`string

The username for the user.

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

[WP_User](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user/) object.

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

    ```php
    $title = apply_filters( 'retrieve_password_title', $title, $user_login, $user_data );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/user.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/user.php#L3402)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/user.php#L3402-L3402)

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.4.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.4.0/) | Added the `$user_login` and `$user_data` parameters. | 
| [2.8.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.8.0/) | Introduced. |

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