by Matt Miller 4.2 (5 reviews)

Expire User Passwords

Name: Expire User Passwords
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: Matt Miller

Require certain users to change their passwords on a regular basis.

Expire User Passwords ranks #3,912 among WordPress.org plugins with 3,000+ active installations, is #133 of 1,583 in the Authentication category, a 4.2/5 rating from 5 reviews, and was last updated Feb 17, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.9.7 (Current: 7.1)

v1.4.2 Current Version v1.4.2

Updated 7 months ago Last Update on 17 Feb, 2026

Refreshed 6 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#133 of 1,583 in Authentication Top 5% by installs Downloads -29% this week

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#3,912

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Active Installs

3K+

-23%

KW Avg Position

57.3

0.7 better

Downloads

61.3K

+9 today

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84%

Review 4.2 out of 5

4.2 (5 reviews)

Next Milestone 4K

Total Progress 89.2%

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.4.2
Last Updated: Feb 17, 2026
Requires WP: 4.0+
Tested Up To: 6.9.7
PHP Version: 8.1 or higher
Author: Matt Miller

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.2
Reviews: 5
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site administrators who need certain user roles to change their passwords periodically, such as sites with government, banking, or healthcare compliance requirements. It solves the problem of stale, long-unchanged passwords by enforcing a configurable maximum password age and forcing resets for selected user roles.

Configurable maximum password age
Set password expiry in days
Role-based password expiration
Excludes roles from expiration
Non-Administrator default targeting
Multilingual support

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Expire User Passwords

Existing users are not immediately expired. The plugin tracks each user's last password reset date. Users who have never reset their password have no recorded date, so they are treated as not expired. The expiration clock only starts once a user registers or resets their password after the plugin is active.

The plugin provides a eup_submenu_access filter to control which capability is required to see the settings page. By default it requires manage_options. To restrict it to only administrators, add this to your theme's functions.php: add_filter( 'eup_submenu_access', function() { return 'manage_network'; } ); Or use any capability that only your desired role has. This is useful when custom roles have manage_options for other purposes but should not access the Expire User Passwords settings.

The default is 90 days. You can change this in Settings > Expire Passwords to any value between 1 and 365 days.

By default, all non-Administrator roles are required to reset their passwords. You can customize which roles are affected in the plugin settings.

No. When a user's password expires and they are prompted to reset it, they cannot use the same password they had before.

The plugin requires PHP 8.1 or higher and has been tested up to WordPress 6.9.1. It requires WordPress 4.0 at minimum.

The plugin is available in 50 languages!