What type of hash does WordPress use?
The WordPress password hasher implements the Portable PHP password hashing framework, which is used in Content Management Systems like WordPress and Drupal.
They used to use MD5 in the older versions, but sadly for me, no more. You can generate hashes using this encryption scheme at http://scriptserver.mainframe8.com/wordpress_password_hasher.php.
$hash_type$salt$passwordIf the hash does not use a salt, then there is no $ sign for that. The actual hash in your case is after the 2nd $
The reason for this is, so you can have many types of hashes with different salts and feeds that string into a function that knows how to match it with some other value.