ESP8266's WiFi.status() returning 1

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I'm not sure myself, but when I start over using the cleaner code:

#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <WiFiClient.h>
#include <ESP8266WebServer.h>

// WiFi CREDENTIALS
const char *ssid = "xxxx";
const char *password = "xxxx";

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
  Serial.println("");
  Serial.print("Connecting");
  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
    delay(500);
    Serial.print(".");
  }

  Serial.println("");
  Serial.print("Connected to ");
  Serial.println(ssid);
  Serial.print("IP address: ");
  Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());
}


void loop() {
  if (WiFi.status() == WL_CONNECTED) {
    Serial.println("From ESP Connected!");
  }
  delay(5000);
}

My gut is telling me that maybe WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA) is causing the error?

By the way, it worked already, thanks Juraj and cbalakus for the help!