WordPress 6.8 will use bcrypt for password hashing

[gslin]

https://make.wordpress.org/core/2025/02/17/wordpress-6-8-will-use-bcrypt-for-password-hashing/

[theandrewbailey]

> What about Argon2?

> Servers that support Argon2 can enable its usage with this single line of code in WordPress 6.8 and later:

> add_filter( 'wp_hash_password_algorithm', fn() => PASSWORD_ARGON2ID );

bcrypt is probably better than phpass, but it's great to have argon2 available, too!