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date: 2025-03-11T17:39:00+00:00
modified: 2025-03-11T17:39:00+00:00
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# On March 11, 2025 at 19:39

WordPress core needs a standard API for encrypting values in the database (such as options and post/term/user meta). This would allow storing API secrets without the risk of exposing them to anyone with DB read access.