[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #33654: wp_new_user_notification breaking change.

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#33654: wp_new_user_notification breaking change.
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 Reporter:  alexander.rohmann  |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)       |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General            |    Version:  4.3
 Severity:  normal             |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                     |
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 In 4.3  the `$plaintext_pass` argument of `wp_new_user_notification`
 wasn't deprecated properly, and instead was repurposed to do something
 else.

 Because this is a pluggable function, it's a pretty big breaking change.
 You have all these plugged modifications out there that are essentially
 sending this:

 Username: correct
 Password: both

 Seeing your password as "both" is very confusing for end users, and what's
 worse is that in many cases they're unable to login at all.

 `$plaintext_pass` should have been deprecated, and `$notify` should have
 been introduce as a new argument.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/33654>
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