diff --git src/js/_enqueues/admin/user-profile.js src/js/_enqueues/admin/user-profile.js
index ec76df9c7f..a017684265 100644
--- src/js/_enqueues/admin/user-profile.js
+++ src/js/_enqueues/admin/user-profile.js
@@ -142,6 +142,68 @@
 		});
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Handle the password reset button. Sets up an ajax callback to trigger sending
+	 * a password reset email.
+	 */
+	function bindPasswordRestLink() {
+		$( '#generate-reset-link' ).on( 'click', function() {
+			var $this  = $(this),
+				data = {
+					'user_id': userProfileL10n.user_id, // The user to send a reset to.
+					'nonce':   userProfileL10n.nonce    // Nonce to validate the action.
+				};
+
+				// Remove any previous error messages.
+				$this.parent().find( '.notice-error' ).remove();
+
+				// Send the reset request.
+				var resetAction =  wp.ajax.post( 'send-password-reset', data );
+
+				// Handle reset success.
+				resetAction.done( function( response ) {
+					addInlineNotice( $this, true, response );
+				} );
+
+				// Handle reset failure.
+				resetAction.fail( function( response ) {
+					addInlineNotice( $this, false, response );
+				} );
+
+		});
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Helper function to insert an inline notice of success or failure.
+	 *
+	 * @param {jQuery Object} $this   The button element: the message will be inserted
+	 *                                above this button
+	 * @param {bool}          success Whether the message is a success message.
+	 * @param {string}        message The message to insert.
+	 */
+	function addInlineNotice( $this, success, message ) {
+		var resultDiv = $( '<div />' );
+
+		// Set up the notice div.
+		resultDiv.addClass( 'notice inline' );
+
+		// Add a class indicating success or failure.
+		resultDiv.addClass( 'notice-' + ( success ? 'success' : 'error' ) );
+
+		// Add the message, wrapping in a p tag, with a fadein to highlight each message.
+		resultDiv.text( $( $.parseHTML( message ) ).text() ).wrapInner( '<p />');
+
+		// Disable the button when the callback has succeeded.
+		$this.prop( 'disabled', success );
+
+		// Remove any previous notices.
+		$this.siblings( '.notice' ).remove();
+
+		// Insert the notice.
+		$this.before( resultDiv );
+	}
+
 	function bindPasswordForm() {
 		var $passwordWrapper,
 			$generateButton,
@@ -430,6 +492,7 @@
 		});
 
 		bindPasswordForm();
+		bindPasswordRestLink();
 	});
 
 	$( '#destroy-sessions' ).on( 'click', function( e ) {
diff --git src/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php src/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
index 93c32393e0..c13b1c0398 100644
--- src/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
+++ src/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ $core_actions_post = array(
 	'edit-theme-plugin-file',
 	'wp-privacy-export-personal-data',
 	'wp-privacy-erase-personal-data',
+	'send-password-reset',
 );
 
 // Deprecated
diff --git src/wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php src/wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php
index c565817914..b1fb84b43f 100644
--- src/wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php
+++ src/wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php
@@ -4833,3 +4833,33 @@ function wp_ajax_wp_privacy_erase_personal_data() {
 
 	wp_send_json_success( $response );
 }
+
+/**
+ * Ajax handler sends a password reset link.
+ *
+ * @since 4.4.0
+ */
+function wp_ajax_send_password_reset() {
+
+	// Validate the nonce for this action.
+	$user_id = isset( $_POST['user_id'] ) ? (int) $_POST['user_id'] : 0;
+	check_ajax_referer( 'reset-password-for-' . $user_id, 'nonce' );
+
+	// Verify user capabilities.
+	if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_user', $user_id ) ) {
+		wp_send_json_error( __( 'Cannot send password reset, permission denied.' ) );
+	}
+
+	// Send the password reset link.
+	$user    = get_userdata( $user_id );
+	$results = retrieve_password( $user->user_login );
+
+	if ( true === $results ) {
+		wp_send_json_success(
+			/* translators: 1: User's display name. */
+			sprintf( __( 'A password reset link was emailed to %s.' ), $user->display_name )
+		);
+	} else {
+		wp_send_json_error( $results );
+	}
+}
diff --git src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-users-list-table.php src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-users-list-table.php
index 28e1978721..1fb5697d11 100644
--- src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-users-list-table.php
+++ src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-users-list-table.php
@@ -250,6 +250,12 @@ class WP_Users_List_Table extends WP_List_Table {
 			}
 		}
 
+		// Add a password reset link to the bulk actions dropdown.
+		if ( current_user_can( 'edit_users' ) ) {
+			$actions['resetpassword'] = __( 'Send password reset' );
+		}
+
+
 		return $actions;
 	}
 
@@ -447,6 +453,11 @@ class WP_Users_List_Table extends WP_List_Table {
 				);
 			}
 
+			// Add a link to send the user a reset password link by email.
+			if ( get_current_user_id() != $user_object->ID && current_user_can( 'edit_user', $user_object->ID ) )
+				$actions['resetpassword'] = "<a class='resetpassword' href='" . wp_nonce_url( "users.php?action=resetpassword&amp;users=$user_object->ID", 'bulk-users' ) . "'>" . __( 'Send password reset' ) . "</a>";
+
+
 			/**
 			 * Filters the action links displayed under each user in the Users list table.
 			 *
diff --git src/wp-admin/user-edit.php src/wp-admin/user-edit.php
index f1e605bf03..99517a654a 100644
--- src/wp-admin/user-edit.php
+++ src/wp-admin/user-edit.php
@@ -589,6 +589,27 @@ endif; //!IS_PROFILE_PAGE
 		</p>
 	</td>
 </tr>
+<?php endif; ?>
+<?php
+// Allow admins to send reset password link
+if ( ! IS_PROFILE_PAGE ) :
+?>
+	<tr class="user-sessions-wrap hide-if-no-js">
+		<th><?php _e( 'Password Reset' ); ?></th>
+		<td>
+			<div class="generate-reset-link">
+				<button type="button" class="button button-secondary" id="generate-reset-link">
+					<?php _e( 'Send Reset Link' ); ?>
+				</button>
+			</div>
+			<p class="description">
+				<?php
+				/* translators: 1: User's display name. */
+				printf( __( 'Send %s a link to reset their password. This will not change their password, nor will it force a change.' ), esc_html( $profileuser->display_name ) );
+				?>
+			</p>
+		</td>
+	</tr>
 <?php endif; ?>
 
 		<?php
diff --git src/wp-admin/users.php src/wp-admin/users.php
index b79e5a8672..228dddc1f7 100644
--- src/wp-admin/users.php
+++ src/wp-admin/users.php
@@ -212,6 +212,45 @@ switch ( $wp_list_table->current_action() ) {
 		wp_redirect( $redirect );
 		exit();
 
+	case 'resetpassword':
+		check_admin_referer('bulk-users');
+		if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_users' ) ) {
+			$errors = new WP_Error( 'edit_users', __( 'You can&#8217;t edit users.' ) );
+		}
+		if ( empty( $_REQUEST['users'] ) ) {
+			wp_redirect( $redirect );
+			exit();
+		}
+		$userids = array_map( 'intval', (array) $_REQUEST['users'] );
+
+		$reset_count = 0;
+
+		foreach ( $userids as $id ) {
+			if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_user', $id ) )
+				wp_die(__( 'You can&#8217;t edit that user.' ) );
+
+			if ( $id == $current_user->ID ) {
+				$update = 'err_admin_reset';
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			// Send the password reset link.
+			$user = get_userdata( $id );
+			if ( retrieve_password( $user->user_login ) ) {
+				++$reset_count;
+			}
+
+		}
+
+		$redirect = add_query_arg(
+			array(
+				'reset_count' => $reset_count,
+				'update' => 'resetpassword',
+			), $redirect
+		);
+		wp_redirect( $redirect );
+		exit();
+
 	case 'delete':
 		if ( is_multisite() ) {
 			wp_die( __( 'User deletion is not allowed from this screen.' ), 400 );
@@ -487,6 +526,15 @@ switch ( $wp_list_table->current_action() ) {
 						$messages[] = '<div id="message" class="updated notice is-dismissible"><p>' . __( 'New user created.' ) . '</p></div>';
 					}
 					break;
+				case 'resetpassword':
+					$reset_count = isset( $_GET['reset_count'] ) ? (int) $_GET['reset_count'] : 0;
+					if ( 1 === $reset_count ) {
+						$message = __( 'Password reset link sent.' );
+					} else {
+						$message = sprintf( __( 'Password reset links sent to %s users.' ), $reset_count );
+					}
+					$messages[] = '<div id="message" class="updated notice is-dismissible"><p>' . $message . '</p></div>';
+					break;
 				case 'promote':
 					$messages[] = '<div id="message" class="updated notice is-dismissible"><p>' . __( 'Changed roles.' ) . '</p></div>';
 					break;
diff --git src/wp-includes/functions.php src/wp-includes/functions.php
index 4d3f46410a..e8ab0fa283 100644
--- src/wp-includes/functions.php
+++ src/wp-includes/functions.php
@@ -6830,3 +6830,111 @@ function wp_update_php_annotation() {
 	);
 	echo'</p>';
 }
+
+
+/**
+ * Handles sending password retrieval email to user.
+ *
+ * @global wpdb         $wpdb       WordPress database abstraction object.
+ * @global PasswordHash $wp_hasher  Portable PHP password hashing framework.
+ * @param  string       $user_login Optional user_login, default null.
+ *                                  Uses $_POST['user_login'] if $user_login not set.
+ *
+ * @return bool|WP_Error True: when finish. WP_Error on error
+ */
+function retrieve_password( $user_login = null ) {
+	global $wpdb, $wp_hasher;
+
+	$errors = new WP_Error();
+
+	// Use the passed $user_login if available, otherwise use $_POST['user_login'].
+	if ( !$user_login && !empty( $_POST['user_login'] ) ) {
+			$user_login = $_POST['user_login'];
+	}
+
+	if ( empty( $user_login ) ) {
+			$errors->add('empty_username', __('<strong>ERROR</strong>: Enter a username or email address.'));
+	} elseif ( strpos( $user_login, '@' ) ) {
+			$user_data = get_user_by( 'email', sanitize_email( $user_login ) );
+		if ( empty( $user_data ) )
+			$errors->add('invalid_email', __('<strong>ERROR</strong>: There is no user registered with that email address.'));
+	} else {
+			$user_data = get_user_by('login', sanitize_user( $user_login ) );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Fires before errors are returned from a password reset request.
+	 *
+	 * @since 2.1.0
+	 * @since 4.4.0 Added the `$errors` parameter.
+	 *
+	 * @param WP_Error $errors A WP_Error object containing any errors generated
+	 *                         by using invalid credentials.
+	 */
+	do_action( 'lostpassword_post', $errors );
+
+	if ( $errors->get_error_code() )
+		return $errors;
+
+	if ( !$user_data ) {
+		$errors->add('invalidcombo', __('<strong>ERROR</strong>: Invalid username or email.'));
+		return $errors;
+	}
+
+	// Redefining user_login ensures we return the right case in the email.
+	$user_login = $user_data->user_login;
+	$user_email = $user_data->user_email;
+	$key = get_password_reset_key( $user_data );
+
+	if ( is_wp_error( $key ) ) {
+			return $key;
+	}
+
+	$message = __('Someone requested that the password be reset for the following account:') . "\r\n\r\n";
+	$message .= network_home_url( '/' ) . "\r\n\r\n";
+	$message .= sprintf(__('Username: %s'), $user_login) . "\r\n\r\n";
+	$message .= __('If this was a mistake, just ignore this email and nothing will happen.') . "\r\n\r\n";
+	$message .= __('To reset your password, visit the following address:') . "\r\n\r\n";
+	$message .= '<' . network_site_url("wp-login.php?action=rp&key=$key&login=" . rawurlencode($user_login), 'login') . ">\r\n";
+
+	if ( is_multisite() )
+		$blogname = $GLOBALS['current_site']->site_name;
+	else
+		/*
+		 * The blogname option is escaped with esc_html on the way into the database
+		 * in sanitize_option we want to reverse this for the plain text arena of emails.
+		 */
+		$blogname = wp_specialchars_decode(get_option('blogname'), ENT_QUOTES);
+
+	$title = sprintf( __('[%s] Password Reset'), $blogname );
+
+	/**
+	 * Filter the subject of the password reset email.
+	 *
+	 * @since 2.8.0
+	 * @since 4.4.0 Added the `$user_login` and `$user_data` parameters.
+	 *
+	 * @param string  $title      Default email title.
+	 * @param string  $user_login The username for the user.
+	 * @param WP_User $user_data  WP_User object.
+	 */
+	$title = apply_filters( 'retrieve_password_title', $title, $user_login, $user_data );
+
+	/**
+	 * Filter the message body of the password reset mail.
+	 *
+	 * @since 2.8.0
+	 * @since 4.1.0 Added `$user_login` and `$user_data` parameters.
+	 *
+	 * @param string  $message    Default mail message.
+	 * @param string  $key        The activation key.
+	 * @param string  $user_login The username for the user.
+	 * @param WP_User $user_data  WP_User object.
+	 */
+	$message = apply_filters( 'retrieve_password_message', $message, $key, $user_login, $user_data );
+
+	if ( $message && !wp_mail( $user_email, wp_specialchars_decode( $title ), $message ) )
+		wp_die( __('The email could not be sent.') . "<br />\n" . __('Possible reason: your host may have disabled the mail() function.') );
+
+	return true;
+}
diff --git src/wp-includes/script-loader.php src/wp-includes/script-loader.php
index 9e75261959..4a6d989160 100644
--- src/wp-includes/script-loader.php
+++ src/wp-includes/script-loader.php
@@ -1307,6 +1307,7 @@ function wp_default_scripts( &$scripts ) {
 		)
 	);
 
+	$user_id = isset( $_GET['user_id'] ) ? (int) $_GET['user_id'] : 0;
 	$scripts->add( 'user-profile', "/wp-admin/js/user-profile$suffix.js", array( 'jquery', 'password-strength-meter', 'wp-util' ), false, 1 );
 	did_action( 'init' ) && $scripts->localize(
 		'user-profile',
@@ -1319,6 +1320,8 @@ function wp_default_scripts( &$scripts ) {
 			'cancel'   => __( 'Cancel' ),
 			'ariaShow' => esc_attr__( 'Show password' ),
 			'ariaHide' => esc_attr__( 'Hide password' ),
+			'user_id'  => $user_id,
+			'nonce'    => wp_create_nonce( 'reset-password-for-' . $user_id ),
 		)
 	);
 
