[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #37070: Misleading error message in login.php

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#37070: Misleading error message in login.php
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 Reporter:  yetAnotherDaniel        |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)            |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                  |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Login and Registration  |    Version:  4.5.2
 Severity:  normal                  |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                          |
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 After changing the process of registration in 4.3 an error message is
 confusing in the case somebody registers and then immediately tries to
 login. Then the error message states:
 "ERROR: The password you entered for the username abc is incorrect..."

 That is misleading because the user did not activate the account and not
 set a password yet. The message in this case should be something like:
 "You did not yet activate your account and set a password. Please check
 your email."

 I get emails from users that are trying to register, don't check their
 emails and then try to login (I guess they take their usual password).
 They are confused by the error message. Yes, it is written to check the
 email after registration but how many users really read carefully all this
 stuff today?

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