No. That’s highly insecure.
I need this because users forget their passwords.
no way?
There’s a Reset Password option built into WordPress 🙂
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Jan Dembowski
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Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not an Developing with WordPress topic.
Using a password as a phone number is not secure. Literally hundreds of people have my phone number and I don’t trust any of them onto my site.
I’ve looked to see if there is a WordPress plugin that lets you get a text message instead of any email but I’ve not found one.
This is one of the reasons working email on your WordPress installation is important. If the user needs a reset then the WordPress installation an email the user’s registered email address.