
This plugin allows the admin to reset all the passwords and automatically email out the link to reset
This plugin does 3 things
1) It will check you don’t have a username called “admin” which is asking to be hacked
2) It will allow you to reset all passwords, with an password reset link sent to all users to warn them.
Following a couple of reviews from v7.0 the plugin will allow you to set the email from address, name, subject and message
3) You can also change the SALTS which forces a logout of all users.
emergency-password-reset directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.When you click rest passwords, the plugin recreates random passwords for every user and emails them the reset password link.
Not necessarily. We advise you change your SALTS in the wp-config.php file which will force logouts for all users. WordPress provide a tool to generate new ones.
You can now reset them automatically from the plugin Dashboard>Settings>Reset SALTs
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