During the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of online classes we noticed that often students assumed that their password has already been set to this ne …
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WP PlugIndex currently records Remove Suggested Passwords version 1.0 as active, updated 5y ago and tested up to WordPress 5.6.
During the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of online classes we noticed that often students assumed that their password has already been set to this new suggested password.
This led to repeated password reset requests, transactional emails flying around, and infinite unnecessary tickets opened to our support agents every day.
This is a WordPress snippet wrapped up in a plugin to remove this feature. com/remove-suggested-passwords-from-wordpress
Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 5.6.
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No tracked version or compatibility changes have been recorded by WP PlugIndex yet.
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