Functions

Verifies the Ajax request to prevent processing requests external of the blog.

Ensures intent by verifying that a user was referred from another admin page with the correct security nonce.

Checks if a user is logged in, if not it redirects them to the login page.

Determines whether the current visitor is a logged in user.

Removes all of the cookies associated with authentication.

Sets the authentication cookies based on user ID.

Parses a cookie into its components.

Generates authentication cookie contents.

Validates authentication cookie.

Log the current user out.

Authenticate a user, confirming the login credentials are valid.

Sends an email, similar to PHP’s mail function.

Retrieve info for user lists to prevent multiple queries by get_userdata()

Retrieve user info by a given field