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function wp_login_form( $args = array() ) {

	$defaults = array( 'echo' => true,

						'redirect' => ( is_ssl() ? 'https://' : 'http://' ) . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], // Default redirect is back to the current page

	 					'form_id' => 'loginform',

						'label_username' => __( 'Username' ),

						'label_password' => __( 'Password' ),

						'label_remember' => __( 'Remember Me' ),

						'label_log_in' => __( 'Log In' ),

						'id_username' => 'user_login',

						'id_password' => 'user_pass',

						'id_remember' => 'rememberme',

						'id_submit' => 'wp-submit',

						'remember' => true,

						'value_username' => '',

						'value_remember' => false, // Set this to true to default the "Remember me" checkbox to checked

					);

	$args = wp_parse_args( $args, apply_filters( 'login_form_defaults', $defaults ) );



	$form = '

		<form name="' . $args['form_id'] . '" id="' . $args['form_id'] . '" action="' . esc_url( site_url( 'wp-login.php', 'login_post' ) ) . '" method="post">

			' . apply_filters( 'login_form_top', '', $args ) . '

			<p class="login-username">

				<label for="' . esc_attr( $args['id_username'] ) . '">' . esc_html( $args['label_username'] ) . '</label>

				<input type="text" name="log" id="' . esc_attr( $args['id_username'] ) . '" class="input" value="' . esc_attr( $args['value_username'] ) . '" size="20" tabindex="10" />

			</p>

			<p class="login-password">

				<label for="' . esc_attr( $args['id_password'] ) . '">' . esc_html( $args['label_password'] ) . '</label>

				<input type="password" name="pwd" id="' . esc_attr( $args['id_password'] ) . '" class="input" value="" size="20" tabindex="20" />

			</p>

			' . apply_filters( 'login_form_middle', '', $args ) . '

			' . ( $args['remember'] ? '<p class="login-remember"><label><input name="rememberme" type="checkbox" id="' . esc_attr( $args['id_remember'] ) . '" value="forever" tabindex="90"' . ( $args['value_remember'] ? ' checked="checked"' : '' ) . ' /> ' . esc_html( $args['label_remember'] ) . '</label></p>' : '' ) . '

			<p class="login-submit">

				<input type="submit" name="wp-submit" id="' . esc_attr( $args['id_submit'] ) . '" class="button-primary" value="' . esc_attr( $args['label_log_in'] ) . '" tabindex="100" />

				<input type="hidden" name="redirect_to" value="' . esc_url( $args['redirect'] ) . '" />

			</p>

			' . apply_filters( 'login_form_bottom', '', $args ) . '

		</form>';



	if ( $args['echo'] )

		echo $form;

	else

		return $form;

}