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Expire Passwords

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

By Frankie Jarrett·Admin·Free
4.9(9 reviews)
·500 active installs·Updated 9 years ago
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As of April 2026, Expire Passwords is a WordPress admin plugin with 500 active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 9 reviews. It has been downloaded 26K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Loginizer.

4.9/59 reviews
500active installs
26K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015

Overview

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Harden the security of your site by preventing unauthorized access to stale user accounts.

This plugin is also ideal for sites needing to meet certain industry security compliances – such as government, banking or healthcare.

In the plugin settings you can set the maximum number of days users are allowed to use the same password (90 days by default), as well as which user roles will be required to reset their passwords regularly (non-Administrators by default).

Languages supported:

  • English
  • Czech
  • Español

Development of this plugin is done on GitHub. Pull requests welcome. Please see issues reported there before going to the plugin forum.

Read full description on WordPress.org

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Ratings & Reviews

4.99 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress4.0+ requiredTested up to 4.7.33
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

0.6.0 – January 5, 2017

  • Fix: Expiration not updating when resetting a password via email confirmation link.

Props @fjarrett

View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Frankie JarrettFrankie Jarrett
Plugin Info
Version
0.6.0
Last Updated
Jan 5, 2017
WP Requires
4.0+
Tested Up To
4.7.33
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
500
Downloads
26K+
Added
Apr 28, 2015
Business
Free

Tags

adminloginprofilepasswordsmembership

Developer

F
Frankie Jarrett
5 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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