Manual:$wgPasswordDefault/en

Details
Default password type to use when hashing user passwords.

How to use it

 * 1) Check the   in the   folder for the available and preset password encryption types.
 * 2) Add   with the parameter to the   in case you want to change the encryption
 * 3) Example:
 * 4) In order for the password to be saved in a new format, one login from each user has to be done. This way the database is updated.
 * 5) Check the MySQL-database whether the new format has been applied to the fields.
 * 6) Example:

You can execute to convert the hashing algorithm of all passwords without waiting users to log in.