Best forgot password plugins for WordPress
The most popular forgot password plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. User Registration Using Contact Form 7 leads with 400+ active installs, ahead of Custom Forgot Password Mail (300+) and Direct Password Reset Link (100+). All 3 plugins tagged “forgot password” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 forgot password plugins
- 1.
User Registration Using Contact Form 7The most installed forgot password plugin, with 400+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 2.
Custom Forgot Password Mail300+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 4 months ago.
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Direct Password Reset Link100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
All 3 plugins tagged “forgot password”
User Registration Using Contact Form 7
Down in the last 7 days:19#9,308by ZealousWeb5 months ago
User Registration Using Contact Form 7 plugin provides the feature to register the user to the website.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Custom Forgot Password Mail
Down in the last 7 days:156#10,997by Rajat Sharma5 months ago
Enables you to send custom forgot password emails to users.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Direct Password Reset Link
Up in the last 7 days:19#14,943by Jose Mortellaro1 month ago
It shows you a password reset link in the user profile page and in the users list page.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day