How to Disable Password Strength Meter in WordPress

The Password Strength Meter in WordPress is a feature that evaluates the strength of user passwords during registration, login, or profile updates.

It provides feedback on how secure the password is, encouraging users to create stronger, more complex passwords for improved security.

And there is nothing wrong with using robust passwords.

Lots of people use Admin, Password123, etc so I understand where the WordPress team is coming from.

Having said that, lots of WordPress users including myself don’t feel like we need it.

Getting rid of it is pretty easy.

Custom Code to Disable Password Strength Meter

You can disable the password strength meter using a plugin or by adding custom code to your functions.php file.

function remove_password_strength() {
    wp_dequeue_script( 'wc-password-strength-meter' );
}
add_action( 'wp_print_scripts', 'remove_password_strength', 10 );

Of course there are plugin that can handle this without using custom code, one of the best ones out there is PerfMatters.

I am sure there are other plugins that include the option to disable the password strength meter as part of their optimizations.