Where does the user choose their own password?

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September 26, 2017 at 9:02 pm #397528

Mike Eastwood
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Hello

If “Allow user to choose own password” is set to YES.

And “Allow user to see wp-admin area” is set to NO.

Where does the user set their own password?

Mike

September 26, 2017 at 9:09 pm #397529

Joy
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They can choose their own password when they sign up for an account. Otherwise, I believe the system will email them a generated password.

Also, once they are registered, they can change their password in their profile settings. They have no reason to access your admin area.

September 26, 2017 at 9:23 pm #397532

Mike Eastwood
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Hi Joy

We have users already registered that want to set their own password (so the sign-up form isn’t available).

If “Allow user to see wp-admin area” is set to NO then they cannot access the profile page.

Any other suggestions on where the user can set their own password?

Mike

September 26, 2017 at 9:41 pm #397537

Joy
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I see. I would just advise users to use the “Forgot Password” link on the login form so that they can reset the password to their liking.

The wp-admin area is the backend of your WordPress install. Do you want your users to be able to access that or just their front-end profiles? If you want them to access your WordPress backend, then you can untick the option.

September 26, 2017 at 10:36 pm #397546

Guust
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Hi Mike, if you want users to be able to change passwords without giving access to the backend, you can use our UsersWP plugin: https://userswp.io

Thanks
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