Cannot disable strong password enforcement

Hi @hebrewmonk

Thank you for reaching out to us.

Could you please confirm if WooCommerce is currently installed on the site as well?

If yes, please use this code snippet to disable the WooCommerce Strong Password requirement: https://wpglorify.com/remove-woocommerce-password-strength/

Kindly note that enabling the Refuse Compromised Passwords feature would also force users to change their passwords.

Please let me know how it goes.

Best regards,
Shalom

Hey Shalom,

WooCommerce is not installed on my site.

However, I do have MemberPress installed. That is the only other plugin I can think of that also has a dedicated interaction with the registration and login processes.

Best,

Ran

Hi @hebrewmonk

In this case, here is a note I found on MemberPress:

NOTE: Password strength is based on the password entropy and commonly used words. MemberPress uses the password strength meter developed by Dropbox called zxcvbn. For more details on how this password strength meter works please visit their official documentation.

You can find out more about the MemberPress Password generator here: https://docs.memberpress.com/article/40-account

I’ll suggest reaching out to their support as well to assist, perhaps they might have a custom code for disabling the requirements feature.

Best regards,
Shalom

Hello again,

I use Memberpress for the registration and it works as expected. My problem is when itheme security takes over and redirects the user from the MemberPress registration form to the default WP registration page in order to enforce a stronger password.

I am just trying to disable this in the settings of itheme security but for some reason it doesn’t take effect. I am pretty sure MemberPress will just tell me it has nothing to do with them and everything to do with the fact itheme security doesn’t seem to have disabled its own setting.

Thanks again,

Ran

Hi @hebrewmonk

In this case, I’ll suggest the following:

• Clearing website cache and cookies (https://www.makeuseof.com/clear-chrome-firefox-edge-cookies-specific-site/)
• Plugin conflict test. The following can assist you during this test:?https://help.ithemes.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003073433-Checking-for-a-Conflict-

Please let know if this helps.

Best regards,
Shalom

Hey,

I cleared cache and cookies several times, both locally, on the server, and even the CDN.

Not sure what you expecting me to achieve here with the conflict test. I already know which plugins conflict – this only happens once I activate itheme security. Do you want me to see if this still reproduces without MemberPress?

I really appreciate your help, especially since I am using the free version of the plugin. However, since MemberPress is more essential for me and heavily integrated into my website, I am afraid that in any case of a conflict between itheme security and MemberPress, it will be far easier for me to replace the security plugin, than to install more plugins, run diagnostics or mess around with scripts on a staging site. I am not a technical person, just a small independent content creator with very basic skills.

Thanks again,

Ran

Hi Ran, would you mind trying the suggested solution in this article?

I look forward to hearing from you!

Hey,

Sorry but I already uninstalled your plugin earlier this week and installed another security plugin instead and it solved my problem.

Thanks again for your willingness to help. I would have loved to give this solution a try but it’s a little too late now. However it’s still great that you suggested to me here. It will be helpful for other people who might encounter the same issue.

Best,

• This reply was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by hebrewmonk.

Hi @hebrewmonk, I completely understand, but in case you use iTSec again in the future, please don’t hesitate to try the solution and reach out to us if you have other questions. Thank you!