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No Weak Passwords

This plugin forbids any user to choose any password from the "common passwords list" obtained from http://www.openwall.

By David Anderson / Team Updraft·Passwords·Free
4(4 reviews)
·400 active installs·Updated 1 week ago
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As of April 2026, No Weak Passwords is a WordPress passwords plugin with 400 active installations and a 4/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 9.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.2+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Top alternative: Password Strength Settings for….

4/54 reviews
400active installs
9.2K+total downloads
14 yearssince 2012

Overview

This plugin forbids any user to choose any password from the “common passwords list” obtained from http://www.openwall.com/passwords/wordlists/, and requires any who are already doing so to reset their passwords.

License

Copyright 2012- David Anderson

MIT License:

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
“Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
included in al…

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Ratings & Reviews

44 reviews
5 ★
3
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0
3 ★
0
2 ★
0
1 ★
1

Compatibility

WordPress3.2+ requiredTested up to 7.0
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.0.2 05/31/2017

  • COMPATIBILITY: Marked as compatible with WP 4.8
  • TWEAK: If no password given, then presume they are using some other login mechanism (and if they are not, WP will refuse the login anyway)
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

David Anderson / Team UpdraftDavid Anderson / Team Updraft
Plugin Info
Version
1.0.2
Last Updated
Mar 25, 2026
WP Requires
3.2+
Tested Up To
7.0
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
400
Downloads
9.2K+
Added
Nov 19, 2012
Business
Free

Tags

passwordsban passwordsweak passwordspassword strengthban weak passwords

Developer

D
David Anderson / Team Updraft
16 plugins6.4M+ total installs
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