Title: Prevent Password Reset Author: Justin Tadlock Published: Январ 19, 2012 Last modified: Октябр 6, 2013 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/prevent-password-reset/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=783378) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/prevent-password-reset_b7ccda.svg) # Prevent Password Reset By [Justin Tadlock](https://profiles.wordpress.org/greenshady/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/prevent-password-reset.0.2.0.zip) * [Details](https://tg.wordpress.org/plugins/prevent-password-reset/#description) * [Reviews](https://tg.wordpress.org/plugins/prevent-password-reset/#reviews) * [Installation](https://tg.wordpress.org/plugins/prevent-password-reset/#installation) * [Development](https://tg.wordpress.org/plugins/prevent-password-reset/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/prevent-password-reset/) ## Description Prevents password reset for select users via the WordPress «lost password» form. This plugin adds a checkbox to each user’s profile in the admin. If selected, it prevents the user’s password from being reset. If a user selects to prevent their password from being reset, no one can try to reset the password. It stops it completely. Things to keep in mind: * If you lose your password, you won’t be able to reset it either unless you remove the plugin via FTP, go into the database, or have an administrator on the site change your password. * This plugin does not disable the ability to edit/change a password from the user profile page. It merely blocks password resetting from the «lost password» form. ### Professional Support If you need professional plugin support from me, the plugin author, you can access the support forums at [Theme Hybrid](http://themehybrid.com/support), which is a professional WordPress help/support site where I handle support for all my plugins and themes for a community of 40,000+ users (and growing). ### Plugin Development If you’re a theme author, plugin author, or just a code hobbyist, you can follow the development of this plugin on it’s [GitHub repository](https://github.com/justintadlock/prevent-password-reset). ### Donations Yes, I do accept donations. If you want to buy me a beer or whatever, you can do so from my [donations page](http://themehybrid.com/donate). I appreciate all donations, no matter the size. Further development of this plugin is not contingent on donations, but they are always a nice incentive. ## Screenshots * [[ * Disabled password reset * [[ * Password reset checkbox on user profile page ## Installation 1. Upload `prevent-password-reset` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory. 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. 3. Go to your user profile in the admin to select whether to prevent password resetting. ## FAQ Why was this plugin created? I needed a way to disable password resets for specific administrators on my site but leave this functionality open for the other 1,000s of users. So, I chose to make this an option on a per-user basis. How do I use it? Once installed, a checkbox gets added to the «Personal Options» section of each user’s profile page in the WordPress admin. Anyone who can edit the user may check this box to disable password resets for that individual user. I forgot my password. What should I do? The easiest way to do this is to log into your hosting account via FTP. Proceed to your plugins directory and delete the `prevent-password-reset` folder. This should allow you to reset passwords for any user account via the «lost password» form. If you don’t have this type of access, you need to talk to a site administrator who does to have them update your password. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8d0b7f3d4c42e1c3fca673982f16b3c6800938d1ca0f8fae0eedb361ba058af7? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Perfect plugin for the job](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-plugin-for-the-job-5/)󠁿 [teneighty](https://profiles.wordpress.org/teneighty/) Феврал 17, 2022 There are tutorials to disable password reset for the entire site by modifying php code. Not only is a plugin a much better, more elegant solution, but a very desirable feature of this plugin is a checkbox to enable/disable password reset for each individual user so you can retain the valuable password recovery feature for some accounts. Thank you for your valuable contribution to Word Press! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8b64651ced85ad5341dbb878dd928a8ec0ae54bd25e43f6c869f1872a86cb8c8? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Neat, works great!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/neat-works-great-2/)󠁿 [leanderbraunschweig](https://profiles.wordpress.org/leanderbraunschweig/) Сентябр 28, 2020 Does what it says, lean & clean, working fine with WP v5.5.1 – thanks!! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/eea8e8b36980f791f34dc4ec92fbab8311a1010ec35e89bf63695f91785a4b6c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great plugin and still working](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-and-still-working/)󠁿 [Damiaan van Vliet](https://profiles.wordpress.org/damnsharp/) Сентябр 28, 2017 I use it on a multi-site with WP 4.8.2 and it works very good. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/13be7dab6802e4291ff184f91b5d44630cfa51e99b948532a2b788b3cc40b14c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works great!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-great-676/)󠁿 [Linmp](https://profiles.wordpress.org/linmp/) Сентябр 19, 2016 I’ve been using this for some years and works great! The main advantage is that it is a per user setting… many users don’t want someone to be able to reset the password of the account, and with this it really isn’t possible. [ Read all 6 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/prevent-password-reset/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Prevent Password Reset” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Justin Tadlock ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/greenshady/) [Translate “Prevent Password Reset” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/prevent-password-reset) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/prevent-password-reset/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/prevent-password-reset/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/prevent-password-reset/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/prevent-password-reset/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog ### Version 0.2.0 * Changed license from GPL v2-only to GPL v2+. * Added plugin row meta for the plugin. * Dropped the MO and PO files in favor of a POT file for translators. * Added a `readme.md` file since this plugin is now on GitHub. * Updated this `readme.txt` file. * Updated this plugin for the mere purpose of updating. WordPress.org has created a stigma around plugins that don’t get updates every so often by putting a big warning box at the top of the plugin’s page. Basically, it’s telling users to beware! Of course, this is just ridiculous, particularly when talking about a plugin that most likely will never need an update (like this one). Some plugins are simply «set and forget» forever. But, because of how WordPress.org treats these types of plugins, lumping them into a «bad plugin» pool with plugins that actually do need updates, I’m forced to create a rather useless update to this plugin. Update if you wish; it’s not actually necessary. It’s just necessary for me to update the plugin in order for it to not be de-listed from the WordPress. org search results. Good day. ### Version 0.1.0 * Plugin launch. Everything’s new! ## Meta * Version **0.2.0** * Last updated ** 13 сол ago** * Active installations **300+** * WordPress version ** 3.3 or higher ** * Tested up to **3.7.41** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/prevent-password-reset/) * Tags * [admin](https://tg.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin/)[password](https://tg.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/password/) * [Advanced View](https://tg.wordpress.org/plugins/prevent-password-reset/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 6 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/prevent-password-reset/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/prevent-password-reset/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/prevent-password-reset/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/prevent-password-reset/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/prevent-password-reset/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/prevent-password-reset/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/prevent-password-reset/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Justin Tadlock ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/greenshady/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/prevent-password-reset/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](http://themehybrid.com/donate)