variable for nonce creation.   
[ wp_verify_nonce() ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_verify_nonce/) ` wp-includes/pluggable.php ` |  Verifies that a correct security nonce was used with time limit.   
[ wp_create_nonce() ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_create_nonce/) ` wp-includes/pluggable.php ` |  Creates a cryptographic token tied to a specific action, user, user session, and window of time.   
[ wp_check_password() ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_check_password/) ` wp-includes/pluggable.php ` |  Checks the plaintext password against the encrypted Password.   
[ wp_salt() ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_salt/) ` wp-includes/pluggable.php ` |  Returns a salt to add to hashes.   
[ wp_generate_password() ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_generate_password/) ` wp-includes/pluggable.php ` |  Generates a random password drawn from the defined set of characters.   
[ wp_redirect() ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_redirect/) ` wp-includes/pluggable.php ` |  Redirects to another page.   
[ wp_safe_redirect() ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_safe_redirect/) ` wp-includes/pluggable.php ` |  Performs a safe (local) redirect, using [ wp_redirect() ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_redirect/) .   
[ wp_validate_redirect() ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_validate_redirect/) ` wp-includes/pluggable.php ` |  Validates a URL for use in a redirect.   
[ wp_notify_postauthor() ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_notify_postauthor/) ` wp-includes/pluggable.php ` |  Notifies an author (and/or others) of a comment/trackback/pingback on a post.   
[ wp_notify_moderator() ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_notify_moderator/) ` wp-includes/pluggable.php ` |  Notifies the moderator of the site about a new comment that is awaiting approval.   
[ wp_set_auth_cookie() ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_set_auth_cookie/) ` wp-includes/pluggable.php ` |  Sets the authentication cookies based on user ID.   
[ wp_clear_auth_cookie() ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_clear_auth_cookie/) ` wp-includes/pluggable.php ` |  Removes all of the cookies associated with authentication.   
[ auth_redirect() ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/auth_redirect/) ` wp-includes/pluggable.php ` |  Checks if a user is logged in, if not it redirects them to the login page.   
[ wp_authenticate() ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_authenticate/) ` wp-includes/pluggable.php ` |  Authenticates a user, confirming the login credentials are valid.   
[ wp_generate_auth_cookie() ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_generate_auth_cookie/) ` wp-includes/pluggable.php ` |  Generates authentication cookie contents.   
[ wp_mail() ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_mail/) ` wp-includes/pluggable.php ` |  Sends an email, similar to PHP’s mail function.   
[ the_search_query() ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/the_search_query/) ` wp-includes/general-template.php ` |  Displays the contents of the search query variable.   
[ paginate_links() ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/paginate_links/) ` wp-includes/general-template.php ` |  Retrieves paginated links for archive post pages.   
[ wp_admin_css_uri() ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_admin_css_uri/) ` wp-includes/general-template.php ` |  Displays the URL of a WordPress admin CSS file.   
[ wp_generator() ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_generator/) ` wp-includes/general-template.php ` |  Displays the XHTML generator that is generated on the wp_head hook.   
[ the_generator() ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/the_generator/) ` wp-includes/general-templ