Disable Password Reset

by Dugonja

Description

This plugin will enhance security of your WordPress site by disabling password reset function over email of WordPress.
Use with caution since otherwise if you forgot your user password you will need to reset the password directly in the database with phpmyadmin or similar tool.
Adittionally this plugin will hide notice which say what is wrong “password” or “username” on WordPress login page.

Installation

Upload disablepasswordreset.php to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

Faq

What if I forgot my password?

You should reset it through phpmyadmin.
More info here:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password

Is this definitive protection?

Certainly not. It will rather set off script kiddies.

Reviews

Doesn't work on the most recent PHP versions

By Linmp on April 4, 2024

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These plugin doesn’t work on the most recent version of PHP. It worked  until PHP 7.4, at least in my setup. But in PHP 8.2 it doesn’t work  anymore.

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not in 4.7.5

By hoekiesda on June 2, 2017

waste of time

Works out of the box

By Creavidesign on September 3, 2016

Thanx! I'm glad I found this plugin.
It works out of the box .. no settings needed.

Changelog

1.0

First version with basic functionalities.