WordPress: Create Reset Password Link

Sometimes, while developing a registration or login functionality we may need to create a reset password link in WordPress. In this article, we will see how to create a reset password link in WordPress. Let’s just dive into it.

01 Create Reset Password Link

Let’s assume, we have a registration page and upon successful registration, an email sent to the user to set a new password via WordPress reset password link. You can easily get that link with the following code:

<?php

/*@ Create set password link */
$user = new WP_User( (int) $user_id );
$reset_key = get_password_reset_key( $user );
$user_login = $user->user_login;

$rp_link = '<a href="' . network_site_url("wp-login.php?action=rp&key=$reset_key&login=" . rawurlencode($user_login), 'login') . '">Set password link</a>';

Now, you can use the $rp_link variable to send reset password link in the email.

Notes: Make sure you have correctly passed the $user_id variable in WP_User() class in the above example code.

02 Code Explanation

Using the WP_User() class we are retrieving the newly created user’s object with the help of user_id. Then we are passing that user object into the get_password_reset_key() function to retrieve the reset password key for a user which is stored in the users’ database table.

The reset password key that is stored in the database allows the $user to have its password changed.

Lastly, we have constructed our full reset password link with the help of network_site_url() function which returns the current site URL.

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We hope this article helped you to create reset password link in WordPress.

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