Comments on: Enforce strong WordPress passwords

By: juries

juries — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 05:52:00 +0000

Really great code you provided for us Steve..and its working very well. Thank you much!

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:53:57 +0000

Hi Steve,

Just wanted to let you know that the code you provided on this article is working great!

Thanks for your awesome work :)

By: Steve Taylor

Steve Taylor — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:18:47 +0000

Hi Abhik, I’m not planning on releasing a plugin of this. However, plugins are incredibly easy to create.

I think the danger posed by weak passwords depends on the role assigned to the user. If an Author has their WP login hacked, it’s less of a problem than if an Editor is hacked.

By: Abhik Sarkar

Abhik Sarkar — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:04:42 +0000

Hi Steve,

I was wondering if you were planning on creating a plugin for this (as I understand nothing of complicated codes) :(

Also, while the password I create for my admin login on my various blogs is usually a strong one…what happens if I have a membership site using wordpress? What happens if a subscriber creates a weak password on their (user level access)…does my members weak password threaten the security of my blog from an admin point of view?

Thanks,

Abhik

By: Steve Taylor

Steve Taylor — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:22:03 +0000

Hi Mak, my guess is you’re putting the code into /wp-includes/functions.php (a core file which should never be altered) instead of into /wp-content/themes/[your custom theme which is activated]/functions.php. If you’ve got the code in the right file, I’m not sure I can help I’m afraid. Maybe contact zaantar (previous comment to you) for his plugin?

By: Mak

Mak — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 07:00:00 +0000

i have implement in website but it does not work can u tell why it happen?
i have put it in function.php and then create a user with weak password but it allow me to create new user.

By: zaantar

zaantar — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 09:53:53 +0000

thank you, steve taylor :-)
i just did create the plugin for my multisite, its quite trivial :-) but have no time… i’ll upload it on wordpress.org only on request

By: Steve Taylor

Steve Taylor — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:08:36 +0000

Thanks Gervásio, glad it’s of use!

By: Gervásio

Gervásio — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:40:06 +0000

I’ve implemented this in a website I’m putting on. It’s working great so far. Big thanks!

It’s odd nobody has created a plugin with this functionality yet :(

By: Steve Taylor

Steve Taylor — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:16:05 +0000

As mentioned in the first para, it goes into the functions.php file of a theme. Check the docs on this if you’re not sure.