{"id":374493,"date":"2026-09-27T09:17:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T09:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/disable-forgot-password\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T11:58:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T11:58:16","slug":"minding-disable-forgot-password","status":"publish","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/eu.wordpress.org\/plugins\/minding-disable-forgot-password\/","author":23559443,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"version":"1.0.1","stable_tag":"1.0.1","tested":"7.1.4","requires":"3.2","requires_php":"5.3","requires_plugins":null,"header_name":"Minding | Disable forgot password","header_author":"Paul Ohlhauser","header_description":"Disables the \"Lost your password?\" option on the WordPress login page.","assets_banners_color":"","last_updated":"2026-10-17 11:58:16","external_support_url":"","external_repository_url":"","donate_link":"","header_plugin_uri":"https:\/\/codeberg.org\/Minding\/wordpress-disable-forgot-password-plugin\/","header_author_uri":"https:\/\/minding.blog\/","rating":0,"author_block_rating":0,"active_installs":0,"downloads":224,"num_ratings":0,"support_threads":0,"support_threads_resolved":0,"author_block_count":0,"sections":["description","faq"],"tags":{"1.0.0":{"tag":"1.0.0","author":"minding000","date":"2026-10-11 15:16:36","revision":3739668},"1.0.1":{"tag":"1.0.1","author":"minding000","date":"2026-10-17 11:58:16","revision":3751874}},"upgrade_notice":[],"ratings":[],"assets_icons":[],"assets_banners":[],"assets_blueprints":{},"all_blocks":[],"tagged_versions":["1.0.0","1.0.1"],"block_files":[],"assets_screenshots":[],"screenshots":[]},"plugin_section":[],"plugin_tags":[267,282927,5916,1930,4684],"plugin_category":[41,54],"plugin_contributors":[282928],"plugin_business_model":[],"class_list":["post-374493","plugin","type-plugin","status-publish","hentry","plugin_tags-email","plugin_tags-forgot","plugin_tags-lost","plugin_tags-password","plugin_tags-reset","plugin_category-communication","plugin_category-security-and-spam-protection","plugin_contributors-minding000","plugin_committers-minding000"],"banners":[],"icons":{"svg":false,"icon":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/plugins\/geopattern-icon\/minding-disable-forgot-password.svg","icon_2x":false,"generated":true},"screenshots":[],"raw_content":"<!--section=description-->\n<p>Disables the \"Lost your password?\" option on the WordPress login page. In detail:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>disallows password reset<\/li>\n<li>removes password reset text from login page<\/li>\n<li>redirects from password reset page to login page<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Your users will no longer receive any password reset emails.<\/p>\n\n<p>IMPORTANT: Before installing this plugin ensure you have other means of recovering your account!\nThe plugin is targeted at site administrators with access the WordPress CLI to recover accounts.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"how%20else%20can%20i%20recover%20my%20account%3F\"><h3>How else can I recover my account?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>You can reset your password using the WordPress CLI (if you have access to it) or ask another WordPress administrator on your site to reset your password.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"what%20is%20the%20issue%20with%20the%20%22lost%20your%20password%3F%22%20option%3F\"><h3>What is the issue with the \"Lost your password?\" option?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>This feature allows unauthenticated entities to make WordPress send password reset emails to users. 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