Comments on: Setting the WordPress 2.5 Secret Key /2008/03/19/setting-the-wordpress-25-secret-key/ Tips and tricks to get technology to work for you, by Michael Boyd Clark Sat, 20 Feb 2016 14:14:51 +0000 hourly 1 By: WordPress 2.6.1 Login Headaches - PlanetMike's Technology Journal /2008/03/19/setting-the-wordpress-25-secret-key/comment-page-1/#comment-15582 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:34:01 +0000 http://www.planetmike.com/2008/03/19/setting-the-wordpress-25-secret-key/#comment-15582 […] application. It’s late now, so I’ll complete my upgrades in the morning.Related PostsSetting the WordPress 2.5 Secret Key, March 19, 2008How to Make the WordPress Login Cookie Last Longer Than Two Weeks, June 30, 2008If […]

]]> By: Asian Blogger /2008/03/19/setting-the-wordpress-25-secret-key/comment-page-1/#comment-14863 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:39:20 +0000 http://www.planetmike.com/2008/03/19/setting-the-wordpress-25-secret-key/#comment-14863 Phil Rogers,
Thanks for explaining about the Secret Key. I thought it is something a password recovery question.

]]> By: Phil Rogers /2008/03/19/setting-the-wordpress-25-secret-key/comment-page-1/#comment-14828 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:31:19 +0000 http://www.planetmike.com/2008/03/19/setting-the-wordpress-25-secret-key/#comment-14828 The Secret Key is not so mysterious.
It is used as a “seed” for the random number generator when WordPress encrypts passwords.

If every blog had the same seed, then it would be easier for hackers to work out passwords. By changing your seed (or Secret Key) it makes it almost impossible to crack.

]]> By: Emre Yashin /2008/03/19/setting-the-wordpress-25-secret-key/comment-page-1/#comment-14824 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:46:35 +0000 http://www.planetmike.com/2008/03/19/setting-the-wordpress-25-secret-key/#comment-14824 wow its very mysterious. i think in a month or sth. we will learn more about that secretkey. at first i thought it was another password. then i thought why would we need another password. 🙂 you see its complicated.

]]> By: Dan /2008/03/19/setting-the-wordpress-25-secret-key/comment-page-1/#comment-14807 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:51:54 +0000 http://www.planetmike.com/2008/03/19/setting-the-wordpress-25-secret-key/#comment-14807 I wondered about this too. It struck me that not many people overwrite wp_config.php, so this value is going to be missed on a lot of upgrades. How much of a problem is that, I wonder…

]]> By: emarts /2008/03/19/setting-the-wordpress-25-secret-key/comment-page-1/#comment-14786 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:10:33 +0000 http://www.planetmike.com/2008/03/19/setting-the-wordpress-25-secret-key/#comment-14786 I have the same question, what is SECRET_KEY?

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