Note: This is a forked version of the now unsupported
Expire Passwords plugin. The notes below are copied over from the original plugin and will be updated as relevant updates become available. Please help by contributing to the GitHub repository
Expire Passwords on GitHub
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Harden the security of your site by preventing unauthorized access to stale user accounts.
This plugin is also ideal for sites needing to meet certain industry security compliances - such as government, banking or healthcare.
In the plugin settings you can set the maximum number of days users are allowed to use the same password (90 days by default), as well as which user roles will be required to reset their passwords regularly (non-Administrators by default).
Languages supported:
- Albanian (Shqip)
- Arabic (العربية)
- Armenian (Հայերեն)
- Basque (Euskara)
- Bengali (বাংলা)
- Bulgarian (Български)
- Catalan (Català)
- Chinese Simplified (简体中文)
- Croatian (Hrvatski)
- Czech (Čeština)
- Danish (Dansk)
- Dutch (Nederlands)
- Estonian (Eesti)
- Finnish (Suomi)
- French (Français)
- Galician (Galego)
- Georgian (ქართული)
- German (Deutsch)
- Greek (Ελληνικά)
- Hebrew (עברית)
- Hindi (हिन्दी)
- Hungarian (Magyar)
- Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia)
- Irish (Gaeilge)
- Italian (Italiano)
- Japanese (日本語)
- Korean (한국어)
- Latvian (Latviešu)
- Lithuanian (Lietuvių)
- Macedonian (Македонски)
- Norwegian (Norsk)
- Persian (فارسی)
- Persian - Afghanistan (دری)
- Polish (Polski)
- Portuguese - Brazil (Português do Brasil)
- Portuguese - Portugal (Português)
- Romanian (Română)
- Russian (Русский)
- Serbian (Српски)
- Slovak (Slovenčina)
- Slovenian (Slovenščina)
- Spanish (Español)
- Swedish (Svenska)
- Tamil (தமிழ்)
- Thai (ไทย)
- Turkish (Türkçe)
- Ukrainian (Українська)
- Urdu (اردو)
- Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
- Welsh (Cymraeg)
Development of this plugin is done on GitHub. Pull requests welcome. Please see issues reported there before going to the plugin forum.
1.4.2
- Added sanitization callback to register_setting()
- Added translators comment and fixed singular placeholder in _n() call
- Removed .gitmodules and .travis.yml from plugin directory
- Updated "Tested up to" to 6.9
1.4.1
- Added GPL license declaration to plugin header
- Updated Author URI
- Added direct file access protection to all PHP files
- Improved output escaping and input sanitization
- Removed non-production files from plugin directory
1.4.0
- Added translations for 50 languages
- Added POT translation template file
- Added opt-in data cleanup on plugin deletion
- Updated FAQ section
- Updated readme with complete language list
1.3.9
- Added translations for Russian, Polish, Dutch, Turkish, and Swedish
- Updated localization section in readme
1.3.8
- Added Chinese Simplified (zh_CN) translation
1.3.7
- Added Japanese (ja) translation
1.3.6
- Tested up to WordPress 6.9.1
1.3.5
- Added dismissible review prompt notice after 14 days of usage
- Removed non-dismissible footer review prompt from settings page
1.3.4
- Added translations for Spanish, French, German, Portuguese (Brazilian), and Italian
1.3.3
- Added FAQ section documenting first-install behavior and settings page access control
1.3.2
- Compatibility updates for WordPress 6.9 and PHP 8.1+
- Replaced deprecated FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING usage
1.3.1 - September 30, 2022
- Support for PHP 7.2 and older
1.3 - September 27, 2022
- Added ability for users to reset their expired password from the login screen
- Added Dutch translation
Props
@janwoostendorp
1.2 - May 4, 2022
- Added 'eup_submenu_access' filter for greater control to access of plugin settings
1.1.0 - February 15, 2020
- Fix: Updated namespace issues that caused critical errors when installing
- Tweak: Tested support for WordPress 5.3.2
1.0.0 - November 7, 2019
- New: Indicate support for WordPress 5.3
Props
@Miller-Media
0.6.0 - January 5, 2017
- Fix: Expiration not updating when resetting a password via email confirmation link.
Props
@fjarrett
0.5.0 - December 23, 2016
- Tweak: Indicate support for WordPress 4.7 and require at least 4.0.
- Fix: Selected user roles in plugin settings not always being honored.
- Fix: Destroy all sessions after login with an expired password.
Props
@fjarrett
0.4.0 - April 13, 2016
- New: Indicate support for WordPress 4.5.
- Tweak: Bring back PHP 5.2 compatibility.
Props
@fjarrett
0.3.0 - July 9, 2015
- New: Language support for Czech
- Tweak: Optimizations requiring PHP 5.3 or higher
- Fix: User role array error before options exist
Props
@fjarrett,
@dero
0.2.2 - July 2, 2015
- New: Language support for Español
Props
@fjarrett
0.2.1 - July 2, 2015
- Fix: Fatal undefined function error occuring in some cases (#3)
Props
@fjarrett
0.2.0 - April 29, 2015
- New: Disallow using the same password as before on reset (#1)
- Tweak: Use default if limit is set to greater than 365 days
Props
@fjarrett
0.1.0 - April 28, 2015
Props
@fjarrett