edward_plainview

Prevent password resets or changes to specific users or user roles. User-specific exceptions to the sweeping user roles can be set. The user’s password is then protected from modification:
<ul>
<li>In the user’s profile editor</li>
<li>Using the password reset link in the login window</li>
</ul>
The settings are available to either the super admin on the network, or normal admins on a single installation. If you wish to hide the settings completely, put the following in your wp-config.php:
<pre><code>define( 'PLAINVIEW_PROTECT_PASSWORDS_HIDE', true );
</code></pre>
Requires PHP 5.4.

Plainview Protect Passwords

I love that is works well with network sites so I don't have to replicate my settings across each of my sites. 

The only issue I ran into is that only network roles are added to the network settings. Maybe it's by design, but it would be awesome if it picked up the roles from the sites because that is where plugins like User Role Editor and WooCommerce have registered them. In order to protect these I would have to modify the settings for each of my network sites separately. Annoying but totally doable. 

Thanks for the quick and easy solution today!

Gets the job done

Selectively protect passwords from being reset or modified.

Fidgety Lizard

Kona Macphee

PLEASE NOTE: AS OF WP 5.7, THIS PLUGIN IS NO LONGER SUPPORTED.
Since WordPress 4.3, new users are no longer sent their passwords directly by email. Instead, they are sent a message containing a link to the Reset Password page, where they can choose their own password. Additionally, the Reset Password page now appears with a strong password already suggested in the “New password” field.
This plugin removes the suggested password from the Reset Password page, leaving the “New password” field empty. Below this field it adds a “Suggest a password” button whose action is to fetch a new suggested password via Ajax.
Also since 4.3, Firefox and Chrome users may notice problems saving their new password in their browser from the Password Reset page. (Firefox saves the password with an empty username; Chrome sets the username and password to the password value.) This plugin tweaks the password reset form so that these browsers can successfully save the username and newly-reset password if the user wishes.
Note that Internet Explorer, Edge and Safari will not offer to save the password from the Password Reset page, and this plugin does not change that behaviour. Therefore, the plugin adds a configurable warning message to the Password Reset screen, advising users to make a note of their new password.
The form tweaking for Firefox/Chrome and the configurable warning message are enabled by default, but they can be disabled in the administration settings.

Clarify Password Reset

When working with sites with lots of members unfortunately you realise most people are complete idiots.. 
Thanks to this plugin these idiots doesn't assume their password has been reset already to a "sooooo hard" string. I've never experienced the saving issues with chrome and FF so I disabled that but the suggest button is a good softer alternative to prefilled password field. 
Keep up the good work!



Does the trick!

As I had a new member who did not understand how to get his password, I thing the plugin is a very good idea and should inspired WP official team.



very good idea

AS OF WP 5.7, THIS PLUGIN IS NO LONGER NEEDED OR SUPPORTED.
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