Remove Strong Password Requirement

  • Resolved bsteeletx

    (@bsteeletx)


    9 years, 1 month ago

    Our site does not store any damaging information to our users, it just stores their purchase history. The new requirement for passwords is overly strong, and actually prevents regular users from registering. Is there a way to disable the strength requirement for registering? We had a user today who couldn’t register and was using reasonable passwords (IMO). I had to add her as a user manually, I can’t spend my time doing this! ??

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  • Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    By default WP does not enforce a strong password, it merely suggests one. Your user could have put in any password she wanted. If your site is enforcing one, then it is due to a theme or plugin. You can swap themes and deactivate plugins to determine where the enforcement is coming from, then take up a solution with that element’s author.

    You can suggest your own less secure passwords by using the ‘random_password’ filter and change the suggestion text with ‘password_hint’ filter. The strength meter should not be changed, but you could hide it with CSS.

    Thread Starter bsteeletx

    (@bsteeletx)

    Found out that woocommerce was the culprit.

    For anyone else, here’s the link to fix the issue:

    Here’s a plugin that worked great for me!

    WC Password Strength Settings

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/wc-password-strength-settings/

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