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Disable Password Reset Extended

by Pascal Meunier · Uncategorized

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This plugin is used to completely disable the built-in password reset feature in WordPress. Used for high-security purpose ONLY.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

20+

Active installs

≈27 estimated

6.7K

Total downloads

since 2011

3.98★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 1 reviews

+21%

64

Downloads · 30d

category median +18%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 15+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1, well behind 6.8.

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

32 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 1/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 84/100

To rank higher: Last updated 5481 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+21% vs prior 30d
1Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

64

now · peak 154

6430d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Disable Password Res · #25173 you Disable Password Res · #5475 Disable Reset Passwo · #42365 Disable Password Cha · #11449

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

3.2Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
20–30 ≈27

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2021-01-26 · 1,384 observations

20Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 1 reviews

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5★
1 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.0
Last updated
15.0y ago
Added
2011-07-22 · 15 yrs old
Requires WP
2.7
Tested up to
3.2.1
Requires PHP
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Recent review vibe

read from the latest 1 reviews to 2016-01-08
Positive Praise

The single reviewer here calls it straightforward and says it does exactly what it promises, working well alongside an LDAP setup where password changes aren't possible.

Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ ethanthekiwi
    10.7y ago

    A straight forward plugin that does what it says. I use this with an LDAP integrated site to prevent people from attempting to change their password where it is not possible to do so.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.2

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-02-01 30+ → 20+ down after 557 days in tier
  2. 2024-07-24 40+ → 30+ down after 17 days in tier
  3. 2024-07-07 30+ → 40+ up after 114 days in tier
  4. 2024-03-15 40+ → 30+ down after 423 days in tier
  5. 2023-01-17 50+ → 40+ down after 88 days in tier
  6. 2022-10-21 60+ → 50+ down after 14 days in tier
  7. 2022-10-07 70+ → 60+ down

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