{"id":5585,"date":"2016-12-02T12:15:29","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T12:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/?p=5585"},"modified":"2021-02-02T05:04:11","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T05:04:11","slug":"enable-password-expiration-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/enable-password-expiration-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable Password Expiration in WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For the security purposes many large organizations like banks, websites, government sites force there users to change their password on regular basis. This will prevents unauthorized access to your systems and stop hackers from logging in with a stolen password. <\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you have multiple<a href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/create-wordpress-admin-user-mysql\/\"> WordPress<\/a> sites, then you should force users to update passwords after a specific period of time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Moreover , if you recently noted any suspicious activity on your <a href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/find-outdated-versions-of-wordpress-on-your-cpanel-or-plesk-server\/\">WordPress sites<\/a>, then you should immediately expire all existing user passwords and ask them to update with new passwords.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This tutorial will guide you to enable password expiration in your WordPress website.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1. Install Required Plugin<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Login to your <a href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/customize-wordpress-login-page\/\">WordPress<\/a> admin control panel and install WP Password Policy Manager plugin to your WordPress site.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2. Configure Password Policy<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After successful installation of plugin go to Settings &gt;&gt; Password Policies . You will get screen like below . Configure policies as per your requirements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/enable-password-expiration-wordpress\/wordpress-password-expiry\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5587\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5587 pleslwp\" src=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/wordpress-password-expiry.jpg\" alt=\"wordpress-password-expiry\" width=\"597\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/wordpress-password-expiry.jpg 597w, https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/wordpress-password-expiry-300x280.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">All the options are very well descriptive so you can easily configure it. you can specify the password strength and the number of days for password expiration.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the security purposes many large organizations like banks, websites, government sites force there users to change their password on regular basis. 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