Best passwords plugins for WordPress
The most popular passwords plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Password Strength Settings for WooCommerce leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Login Security Solution (4K+) and Expire User Passwords (3K+). All 19 plugins tagged “passwords” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 passwords plugins
- 1.
Password Strength Settings for WooCommerceThe most installed passwords plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 24 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
- 2.Login Security Solution
4K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 54 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 3.
Expire User Passwords3K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
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Disable Application Passwords3K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 9 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
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Application Passwords Enable800+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago.
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Expire Passwords400+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 9 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 7.Teydea Login Security
400+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 week ago.
- 8.FT Password Protect Children Pages
400+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 9.Force Password Change
400+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 10.No Weak Passwords
300+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
All 19 plugins tagged “passwords”

Password Strength Settings for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:5#2,030by Danny Santoro3 years ago
Help secure your WooCommerce site by enforcing stronger passwords and taking additional control of your strength requirements.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.5(24)
- Downloads
- 24/day
Login Security Solution
Up in the last 7 days:1#3,602by Daniel Convissor9 years ago
Security against brute force attacks by tracking IP, name, password; requiring very strong passwords. Idle timeout. Maintenance mode lockdown.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.4(54)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Expire User Passwords
Up in the last 7 days:3#3,896by Matt Miller4 days ago
Require certain users to change their passwords on a regular basis.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 72/day

Disable Application Passwords
Up in the last 7 days:13#4,012by Jeff Starr5 days ago
Activate this plugin to disable the Application Passwords feature that was added in WP v5.6.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 43/day

Application Passwords Enable
Down in the last 7 days:29#7,585by banmaerp4 years ago
Activate this plugin to enable the Application Passwords feature that was added in WP v5.6.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Expire Passwords
Up in the last 7 days:38#9,169by Frankie Jarrett9 years ago
Require certain users to change their passwords on a regular basis.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.9(9)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Teydea Login Security
Up in the last 7 days:74#9,386by Teydea Studio9 days ago
Define and enforce password policies for your WordPress site with length, complexity, and expiration rules.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 24/day
FT Password Protect Children Pages
Down in the last 7 days:58#9,585by Glenn Ansley16 years ago
Applies the same protection to children pages applied to the parent page.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Force Password Change
Down in the last 7 days:5#9,692by Simon Blackbourn6 years ago
Require users to change their password on first login.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
No Weak Passwords
Down in the last 7 days:111#10,060by David Anderson / Team Updraft2 months ago
This plugin forbids any user to choose any password from the "common passwords list" obtained from http://www.openwall.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 7/day
wp-bcrypt
Down in the last 7 days:43#11,870by harrym12 years ago
wp bcrypt switches WordPress's password hashes from MD5 to bcrypt, making it harder for them to be brute-forced if they are leaked.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Better Passwords
Down in the last 7 days:35#12,116by bettersecurity2 years ago
Stop use of a bad passwords, including those in the Have I Been Pwned? breached password database
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 117/day
Application Passwords Manager
Down in the last 7 days:24#14,615by uri2 years ago
This plugin will disable/enable WordPress 5.6 Application Passwords.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

SuperAuth Passwordless Sign In & Alert Service
Up in the last 7 days:8,337#37,338by superauth2 years ago
SuperAuth provides passwordless sign in, alert service, sign out from all devices, lock or unlock user account from any computer, smartphone, tablet, …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

SAASPASS Two Factor Authentication
Down in the last 7 days:581#46,380by SAASPASS8 years ago
SAASPASS provides the easiest way to secure your Wordpress with two-factor authentication (2FA) and enable passwordless security. MFA made amazing!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Password Vault
Down in the last 7 days:2,894#46,617by mrdenny8 years ago
Gives you an application within the Wordpress admin screen which allows you to securely save information for accounts which you use regularly.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Sheridan Password Generator
Down in the last 7 days:275#47,239by sheridaninternet13 years ago
This plugin allows you to embed a secure random password generator on any page using shortcodes. The
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Cloudbridge 2FA
#69,553by joho684 months ago
Uncomplicated 2FA plugin for WordPress with e-mail OTP and authenticator app support.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Remove Suggested Passwords
#71,544by Kostas Vrouvas5 years ago
During the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of online classes we noticed that often students assumed that their password has already been set to this ne …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day