Easier random password filter

On occasion, site admins are faced with a user base that needs things to be more simple. Here is some sample code to simplify the random password generated and emailed to the user.

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This topic has 4 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 4 years, 5 months ago by Chad Butler.

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- May 4, 2012 at 1:16 pm #545
  
  Chad Butler
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  On occasion, site admins are faced with a user base that needs things to be more simple. Here is some sample code to simplify the random password gene
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- September 15, 2016 at 9:41 pm #11313
  
  Pickwatch
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  Hey Chad
  
  I know this is an old post, but I tried it to simplify our password reset process.
  
  Code snippet one just returned a blank password in the email, so I’ve used code snippet two for now. Can you think if there’s a way of using the first one? I’d prefer to use something slightly more rigorous, but eliminate the special characters and reduce the length (ie: exactly what the first snippet does in theory!)
  
  Great plugin, appreciate all you do
  
  Shaun
  - September 15, 2016 at 10:08 pm #11315
    
    Chad Butler
    Keymaster
    
    Hi Shaun,
    
    Thanks for the info. Even though it’s an older post, it’s definitely still relevant (and used – I hope).
    
    I think at some point I probably made a change to the code to make the variables more intuitive as to what they actually are and I missed one change – $chr was changed to $characters but one instance of the variable was missed, so that was the problem.
    
    I’ve updated the code snippet accordingly so that should work now.
    
    You might want to also check out my new(er) plugin WordPass. There’s a simple and free version on wordpress.org at http://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpass/ and current rocketgeek.com subscribers can download the Pro version as part of their subscription.
    
    See https://rocketgeek.com/plugins/wordpass/ for a description of features.
    
    Personally, I think the best implementation is to use the Pro version, disable the special characters (and possibly the numbers) and set the word count to 4 (leave the case setting at random). That setup will generate 4 word passwords that will meet the strong password requirements without being impossible to retype (or remember).
    
    There’s a great article on this subject here:
    https://blogs.dropbox.com/tech/2012/04/zxcvbn-realistic-password-strength-estimation/
    
    The plugin can certainly create jibberish passwords from words, but it can also create multi-word passwords that are much better and can be human friendly while remaining difficult to crack.
- September 15, 2016 at 10:16 pm #11316
  
  Pickwatch
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  Thanks for the quick reply Chad. I’ll use wordpass pro, great idea!
  - September 16, 2016 at 12:08 am #11317
    
    Chad Butler
    Keymaster
    
    No problem – let me know how it works out.
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