Password Strength Settings for WooCommerce
by Danny Santoro · Security
Help secure your WooCommerce site by enforcing stronger passwords and taking additional control of your strength requirements.
51 health vs 64 average across 997 Security plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1053 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
605
now · peak 8.8K
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 86% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2017-04-05 · 1,430 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ amesmaili4.9y ago
pinterest error : rsS feed cannot be parsed it seems that pinterest has changed the xml format This topic was modified 4 years, 10 months ago by amesmaili.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ webnoza5.8y ago
I have tested a lot of plugins for this WordPress password requirements and nothing comes close to this. well done and thank you for your amazing work.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ calynette5.9y ago
Just popped it in and worked like a charm! Good documentation even though I didn’t need it! – Thanks much This topic was modified 5 years, 9 months ago by calynette. This topic was modified 5 years, 9 months ago by calynette.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dominmax6.2y ago
Hi, we have WP 5.4 and Woo 4.x now 🙂 When the plugin will be compatible? (then will be 5 stars)
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Nadav Cohen8.2y ago
Works great.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous8.2y ago
In our setup, this allowed users to create accounts at checkout that were less than the required settings. This resulted in Woocommerce being unable to auto log them in after checkout. They also couldn’t log in manually, as the password didn’t meet the requirements in the backend.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ artmeister8.3y ago
Great plugin!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ benimbenwp8.3y ago
Excelent
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Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 2.2.2 Updated jQuery Added the ability for future plugin update notices in update screen (for any critical messages). 2.2.2
- — Version 2.2.1 Fixed some broken text domain strings (thank you, @alexclassroom – you are wonderful.) 2.2.1
- — Version 2.2.0 Added localization for various languages Confirmed compatibility with the latest WordPress and WooCommerce versions FAQ update RE: Security 2.2.0
- — Version 2.1.0 Enabled localization for all text in the plugin’s admin section. Confirmed compatibility with WordPress 5.1.1 and WooCommerce 3.6.2. 2.1.0
- — Version 2.0.2 Cleaned up code in preparation for Localization Getting ready for additional options like changing extra text FAQ Update Confirmed WooCommerce/WordPress compatibility 2.0.2
- — Version 2.0.1 Fixed a few spacing and semantic issues Fixed broken link in readme.txt Added version checking compatibility for WooCommerce 3.2 – tested working 2.0.1
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.3.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 3 languages, 1 at 90% or more · development strings
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-04-12 20K+ → 10K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-04-11 10K+ → 20K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-04-09 20K+ → 10K+ down
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