Auto generate password for new user

[AaronCampbell]

It would be nice to have a button that generates a random password to use when you're creating a new user account in the admin section

[jamierumbelow]

Good idea - I'll write a patch.

[Denis-de-Bernardy]

See:

​http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9669#comment:12

[Denis-de-Bernardy]

Related: #8295, #9669

[johnbillion]

Related: #9210

[solarissmoke]

Patch adds a "generate random password" button to the add user section.

It uses ajax to call wp_generate_password(). We could quite easily generate a password with JS only, but I figured that we should allow the filter in wp_generate_password() to be applied. Open to other opinions however.

[solarissmoke]

PS I haven't added the password generator to user-edit.php on the basis that you would typically want something random only when it is going to be emailed to the user for first use.

Adding a random password generator to user-edit.php feels like asking for trouble, because you just know someone will hit "update" without taking note of the random password.

[nacin]

#9210 has a JS version of wp_generate_password() from sivel.

[westi]

Why not just have a check box to send a random password to the user - no need for js or anything?

[solarissmoke]

That makes sense. Would it be going too far to just remove the manual password altogether and force a random password?

[aaroncampbell]

I'd be happy with "Leave blank to have a password randomly generated" although that doesn't make a lot of sense unless you've also checked the box to "Send this password to the new user by email."

[ericlewis]

Replying to westi:

Why not just have a check box to send a random password to the user - no need for js or anything?

Is there a large enough user population that has JS disabled, so things like this should be baked into PHP where possible?

[ericlewis]

Updated version of solarissmoke's implementation, as the current doesn't apply cleanly. Remove AJAX dependency.

[aaroncampbell]

I definitely like the first patch better (even if it needs a refresh). Using wp_generate_password() which allows filtering makes this more useful (especially on enterprise sites with specific password requirements)

[SergeyBiryukov]

8296.2.diff​ is the refreshed AJAX implementation. "Send this password to the new user by email" is checked automatically when the button is pressed.

Screenshot: 8296.2.png​

[williamsba1]

I'd love a way to see the password that was generated. There are many occasions when I'm creating accounts for users and I need a record of the password on their account.

[billerickson]

+1 to Brad's comment. Having the ability to view the randomly generated password when created is definitely useful.

When I send a site to a client for review, I create their user, give it a random password, and email their login information along with a lot of other information.

[williamsba1]

A good UI example of this is the cPanel password generator. A simple lightbox opens when you click to generate a password shown here:

​http://docs.cpanel.net/twiki/bin/view/11_30/CpanelDocs/PasswordGenerator

[wedi]

Right now I'm using this plugin which does it's job great.
​http://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-user-password-generator/

[helen]

Seems like this probably goes hand-in-hand with #24633.

[wedi]

Duplicate of #24633.