Showing a password but not updating a password

  • So I’m trying to resend the import email and I ran into a strange bug (maybe not a bug but I want to confirm what is happening). If I want to resend the user email, I just need to reimport the CSV file.
    * Do you wish to send a mail with credentials – CHECK
    * Do you wish to send this mail also to users that are being updated? – CHECK
    * Update existing user – YES
    * Update roles – NO
    * Never update passwords – NEVER UPDATE PASSWORDS…

    Here is the strange part. The email includes the **username** and **password** tags. I uploaded a test csv file with just one user and the email I received looked good and had the username and a NEW password. The new password did not work, the OLD password still worked to log in.

    Is this what happened, when the **password** tag was included, a new password was generated in the email but it did not update the old password in WordPress. Is that correct? Before I can reimport and resend the credential email, I need to remove the **password** tag, is that correct?
    Is there something I’m missing?

    This is a great plugin!
    Thanks

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  • Hi Crios,

    when importing CSV file: the new users are created, password is generated/or provided from CSV Data – the email is sent.

    When updating old users, if you check
    * Do you wish to send this mail also to users that are being updated? – CHECK
    They will receive same email as the new users. With random generated password or CSV data provided.
    Because you checked
    * Never update passwords – NEVER UPDATE PASSWORDS…
    This password will not be updated. That’s why you can still can login with the old password, but receive email with new password.

    Solutions:

    Option 1) DONT SEND EMAILS TO UPDATED USERS
    * Do you wish to send this mail also to users that are being updated? – UN-CHECK

    Option 2) the plugin author to make separate template in the Plugin settings for Updated User. We will have 2 email templates (1 for creating new users, 2 for updating old users)

    I am using Option 1 now, but will be good to have separate emails and to send separate messages to our users.

    Plugin Author Javier Carazo

    (@carazo)

    @nasko7,

    OK yes, we can have more email templates… we have to work on this but I like the idea.

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