WP Password Policy

Changelog

3.6.2 (2026-04-16)

  • Compatibility with WordPress 7.0 confirmed
  • Dependencies updated
  • Formatting updates
  • Code improvements

3.6.1 (2026-03-20)

  • Plugin icon and assets updated
  • Security hardening – added missing escaping
  • Dependencies updated

3.6.0 (2026-03-14)

  • Abilities API implemented: password policies are now available in WordPress MCP server
  • Direct access protection added to all PHP files
  • Dependencies updated
  • Formatting updates
  • Unnecessary translation files removed since these are loaded from WordPress.org
  • Do not hardcode wp-login.php path for login form
  • Code improvements

3.5.0 (2026-01-28)

  • Support for restricting certain characters in passwords implemented
  • Dependencies updated
  • Code improvements

3.4.1 (2026-01-12)

  • Harden handling of the “allow_password_reset” filter to improve compatibility with third-party plugins

3.4.0 (2025-11-28)

  • Compatibility with WordPress 6.9 confirmed
  • Dependencies updated
  • Code improvements

3.3.0 (2025-09-19)

  • New feature: require users to provide their current password before changing it
  • New feature: added the ability to exclude certain users from being covered by the password policy (through PHP filter); this is useful when certain users are managed externally and we don’t want to enforce the password policy on them (for example: users who log in through an SSO provider)
  • Compliance checks against the password policy refactored to avoid having duplicated logic in various modules
  • Dependencies updated
  • Code improvements

3.2.2 (2025-07-24)

  • Dependencies updated
  • Code improvements

3.2.1 (2025-07-04)

  • Plugin’s readme.txt file updated

3.2.0 (2025-07-01)

  • Network activation process improved
  • Password expiry check on user interaction improved
  • Automated, conditional logout after plugin settings changes are saved implemented for current user affected by the new policy
  • Plugin container loader optimized to avoid duplicated instantiations
  • Plugin name updated to avoid confusion, now matching the project’s name
  • Dependencies updated
  • Code improvements

(For older records, see the changelog.txt file).

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Version:
3.6.2
Last Updated
April 16, 2026
Active Installs
100
Requires
WordPress 6.6
Tested Up To
WordPress 7.0
Requires PHP
7.4

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