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What?

  • Adds an application_password connector authentication method with generated username and application-password setting names.
  • Registers both settings, masks only the application password in REST responses, and exposes non-secret connection metadata to the admin UI.
  • Adds registry, Settings API, REST masking, and script-module tests.

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Companion UI: WordPress/gutenberg#79403
Trac: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/64850

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@jorgefilipecosta jorgefilipecosta marked this pull request as ready for review June 22, 2026 16:33
@jorgefilipecosta jorgefilipecosta changed the title [In progress] Connectors: add application password authentication Connectors: add application password authentication Jun 22, 2026
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* When omitted, auto-generated as
* `connectors_{$type}_{$id}_api_key`.
* Must be a non-empty string when provided.
* @type string $username_setting_name Optional. The setting name for the username used

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Since this and the password one are only used when application_password is set as the authentication method, I think it might be helpful to either call this out in the docs or do a _doing_it_wrong if this or application_password_setting_name is passed in when application_password is not the authenciation method (or maybe both)

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Good point, added a _doing_it_wrong validation.

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