Title: Simple Password Policy Author: Marcin Pietrzak Published: April 11, 2025 Last modified: September 25, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/simple-password-policy/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=3271099) ![](https://ps.w.org/simple-password-policy/assets/icon.svg?rev=3271099) # Simple Password Policy By [Marcin Pietrzak](https://profiles.wordpress.org/iworks/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/simple-password-policy.1.0.2.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-password-policy/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-password-policy/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-password-policy/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-password-policy/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-password-policy/) ## Description This plugin empowers site administrators to establish and enforce password policies for users, ensuring compliance with the defined security standards. By implementing this tool, you can effectively prevent users from choosing weak or easily guessable passwords. With this plugin, you gain the flexibility to configure various password requirements, such as complexity rules (e.g., length, character types), expiration policies, and more, enhancing the overall security of your site. Enhance the security of your WordPress site with the Simple Password Policy plugin. This straightforward tool allows you to enforce robust password policies for all users, significantly improving your site’s protection against unauthorized access and password guessing attacks. #### Key Features * **Password Length Requirement**: Set a minimum length for passwords to prevent short, easily guessable passwords. * **Character Variety**: Require passwords to include a mix of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters. * **Password Expiration**: Set passwords to expire after a specified period, prompting users to update their passwords regularly. #### Benefits * **Improved Security**: Protect your site from brute-force attacks and unauthorized access by enforcing strong password policies. * **Compliance**: Meet security standards by implementing robust password policies. * **User Guidance**: Help users create strong, unique passwords with clear instructions. #### GitHub The Simple Password Policy plugin is available also on [GitHub – Simple Password Policy](https://github.com/iworks/simple-password-policy). #### How it works? After installation, you can establish a password policy or require users to change weak passwords upon login. #### See Room for Improvement? Awesome! There are several ways you can get involved to help enhance Simple Password Policy: **Report Bugs**: If you encounter a bug, error, or any other issue, please report it! Simply [create a new topic in the plugin forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-password-policy/#new-topic-0). Once a developer verifies the bug, they’ll file an official [report on GitHub](https://github.com/iworks/simple-password-policy/issues/new), where the issue will be addressed. **Suggest New Features**: Got a great idea? We’d love to hear it! Start a new topic in the plugin forum to share your suggestion, explaining why the feature would be valuable. This opens up the discussion and helps us prioritize new enhancements. **Submit Pull Requests**: If you’re a developer, the best way to contribute is by helping with [existing issues on GitHub](https://github.com/iworks/simple-password-policy/issues). Be sure to check out our [contributing guide for developers](https://github.com/iworks/simple-password-policy/blob/master/contributing.md) to get started. Thank you for helping us make **Simple Password Policy** better for everyone! The plugin is available also on [GitHub – Simple Password Policy](https://github.com/iworks/simple-password-policy/). ## Installation There are 3 ways to install this plugin: #### The super-easy way 1. Navigate to WPA > the Plugins and click the `Add New` button. 2. Search for `Simple Password Policy`. 3. Click to install. 4. Activate the plugin. 5. A new sub-menu `Passwords` will appear in your Admin Settings menu. #### The easy way 1. Download the plugin (.zip file) on the right column of this page 2. Navigate to WPA > the Plugins and click the `Add New` button. 3. Select button `Upload Plugin`. 4. Upload the .zip file you just downloaded. 5. Activate the plugin. 6. A new sub-menu `Passwords` will appear in your Admin Settings menu. #### The old and reliable way (FTP) 1. Upload `simple-password-policy` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. A new sub-menu `Passwords` will appear in your Admin Settings menu. ## FAQ ### I have a problem with the plugin, or I want to suggest a feature. Where can I do this? You can do it on [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-password-policy/#new-topic-0), but please add your ticket to [Github Issues](https://github.com/iworks/simple-password-policy/issues/new). ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Simple Password Policy” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Marcin Pietrzak ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/iworks/) “Simple Password Policy” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/simple-password-policy/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Simple Password Policy” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/simple-password-policy) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-password-policy/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/simple-password-policy/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/simple-password-policy/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/simple-password-policy/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog Project maintained on GitHub at [iworks/simple-password-policy](https://github.com/iworks/simple-password-policy/). #### 1.0.2 – 2025-09-25 * **Improvement**: The admin password configuration is now available in the Users menu. * **Fix**: The password score is now shown on user list. #### 1.0.1 – 2025-07-09 * **Dependencies**: Updated the [iWorks Options](https://github.com/iworks/wordpress-options-class) module to version 3.0.7 and the [iWorks Rate](https://github.com/iworks/iworks-rate) module to version 2.3.1. #### 1.0.0 – 2025-03-14 * Initial Release ## Meta * Version **1.0.2** * Last updated **7 months ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.8.5** * PHP version ** 8.1 or higher ** * Languages * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-password-policy/) and [Polish](https://pl.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-password-policy/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/simple-password-policy) * Tags * [password](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/password/)[password policy](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/password-policy/) [policy](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/policy/)[security](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/security/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-password-policy/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-password-policy/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-password-policy/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Marcin Pietrzak ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/iworks/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-password-policy/)