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by Justin Tadlock 5 (6 reviews)

Prevent Password Reset

Prevents password reset for select users via the WordPress "lost password" form.

Prevent Password Reset ranks #10,402 among WordPress.org plugins with 300+ active installations, is #649 of 5,058 in the Security category, a 5/5 rating from 6 reviews, and was last updated Oct 6, 2013. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 3.7 (Current: 7.1.4)
v0.2.0 Current Version v0.2.0
Updated 13 years ago Last Update on 06 Oct, 2013
Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on
#649 of 5,058 in Security Top 25% by installs No update in over a year
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Review 5 out of 5
5 (6 reviews)

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Reviews & Ratings

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

No known vulnerabilities on record for Prevent Password Reset. Checked 3 months ago.

TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site administrators managing user accounts. It solves the problem of preventing specific users from resetting their password via the "lost password" form.

  • Adds checkbox to user profile
  • Blocks password reset requests
  • Per-user password reset prevention
  • Does not disable manual password editing

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Prevent Password Reset

I needed a way to disable password resets for specific administrators on my site but leave this functionality open for the other 1,000s of users. So, I chose to make this an option on a per-user basis.
Once installed, a checkbox gets added to the "Personal Options" section of each user's profile page in the WordPress admin. Anyone who can edit the user may check this box to disable password resets for that individual user.
The easiest way to do this is to log into your hosting account via FTP. Proceed to your plugins directory and delete the prevent-password-reset folder. This should allow you to reset passwords for any user account via the "lost password" form. If you don't have this type of access, you need to talk to a site administrator who does to have them update your password.

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