[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #40556: REST API: Allow for server generating a user's password

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#40556: REST API: Allow for server generating a user's password
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 Reporter:  TimothyBlynJacobs         |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement               |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                    |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  REST API                  |     Version:  4.7
 Severity:  normal                    |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests  |     Focuses:  rest-api
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Comment (by jnylen0):

 Unlike in wp-admin, the user has no way to see their generated password
 using this functionality. I think this is something we'd want to address,
 but it's not clear to me how we would do it.

 This is likely why we deferred this task to the client for the v2
 endpoints.

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