Login User Programmatically in WordPress

WordPress code snippet to login user programmatically in your functions.php file:

clean_user_cache( $user_id );
wp_clear_auth_cookie();
wp_set_current_user( $user_id );
wp_set_auth_cookie( $user_id, true, false );

$user = get_user_by( 'id', $user_id );
update_user_caches( $user );

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