[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #9568: Allow users to log in using their email address

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#9568: Allow users to log in using their email address
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 Reporter:  Denis-de-Bernardy                    |       Owner:  swissspidy
     Type:  feature request                      |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  4.5
Component:  Users                                |     Version:  2.8
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests needs-      |     Focuses:
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Comment (by ocean90):

 [attachment:9568.11.diff] In `wp_authenticate_email_password()` `is_email(
 $email )` is used which returns false in case `$email` is empty. So the
 following `empty( $email )` checks seem to be unnecessary.

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