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Opened 11 years ago

Closed 11 years ago

Last modified 11 years ago

#25630 closed enhancement (duplicate)

WordPress setup input field type password instead of text

Reported by: dwichers's profile dwichers Owned by:
Milestone: Priority: normal
Severity: normal Version: 3.6
Component: Upgrade/Install Keywords: has-patch
Focuses: Cc:

Description

When setting up a new WordPress installation the input field type for password is 'text' instead of 'password'.
This is A) sloppy and B) insecure because when your browser remembers previous data you have entered in this form, other people could easily find out your MySQL password!

Attachments (1)

setup-config.patch (684 bytes) - added by dwichers 11 years ago.
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Change History (5)

@dwichers
11 years ago

Patch file

#1 @nacin
11 years ago

  • Milestone Awaiting Review deleted
  • Resolution set to duplicate
  • Status changed from new to closed

To be honest, I'm not sure why this fields isn't set to autocomplete=off.

That said, #3534. There are very legitimate UX reasons for keeping it a text field.

#2 @dwichers
11 years ago

To be honest; why don't you implement your suggestion?
Because I disagree with the so called legitimate UX reasons.

Kind regards, Daniel

#3 @SergeyBiryukov
11 years ago

  • Component changed from General to Upgrade/Install

#4 @SergeyBiryukov
11 years ago

  • Version changed from trunk to 3.6
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