Whenever I signup for a site it gives me a random password. I immediately go and change it to something I remember.
There should be a plugin where the user can choose the PW.
No site does this anymore. You sign up choose your password and then it sends that password in an email with a verify link. I have 153 member and 100 of them had to do the forgot password because they did not change the password and deleted the email. I changed the text in the sign up to tell them a temporary password will show and to change it asap. What file is the email text in? I want to put a reminder in that activation email to alert them to change password.
Thanks
I have experienced this phenom a lot as an admin as well. I am also a believer that the user should set their password on signup.
There was some discussion on this forum a while ago about someone developing a plugin that allows users to define passwords themselves. Anyone know if there’s been any progress on that?
Would certainly be useful – I’m beta testing at the moment, and that’s one of the most requested features from my users.
This is actually not a problem. There is a famous plugin in wpmu which will allow users to input password when register:
http://wpmu.org/allowing-users-set-password-sign-premium-plugin/
Hmmm. Interesting feedback. I haven’t launched our site yet, but was initially using the “allow users to choose password” plugin above but then took it off…. I will have to reconsider… I figured most websites just generate the password for you, so usability should be the same, but now that I think about it, I’m wrong… most websites actually let you choose….. at least the ones I’m recollecting do…I’m sure there are exceptions…
yeah for a $50 buck membership 
Yeah $50 for just that plugin is a little steep… I’d rather support Nicola to make it.
should be a core option. The admin can choose to have a random password or let user input.
