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PHP Native Password Hash

PHP Native Password Hash

v3.0

Makes WordPress use PHP's native password_hash() functions for portable, stronger, and time-attack safe bcrypt and Argon2 hashes.

by Ayesh Karunaratne

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Rank

#5,17513

16 hours ago

Official installs

1,000+

public bucket

Est. installs

1,995
High confidence

Total downloads

24.2K9

all time

Rating

5 ★

6 reviews

Support threads

0

open topics

Support resolved

of threads

Tested up to

WP 6.5.8

compatibility

Historical growth

Growth %, estimated installs, rank and downloads — updated daily.

Install, rank and growth cover 9 of the last 30 days; downloads go back 90.

Growth %

Daily active-install growth.

-1.5%-1%-0.5%0%0.5%1%
Jul 27Jul 29Aug 1Aug 3

Estimated installs

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2K2K2K2K
Jul 26Jul 29Jul 31Aug 3

Rank position

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#5.1K#5.2K#5.2K#5.2K#5.2K
Jul 26Jul 29Jul 31Aug 3

Downloads

Cumulative downloads over the selected range.

24K24.1K24.2K24.3K
Jul 1Jul 11Jul 20Jul 30

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PHP Native Password Hash
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Disable Password Reset
Estimated installs2K2K1.8K1.8K
WP.org rank#5,175#5,198#5,452#5,501
30d growth-1.5%-12.4%-17.9%-18.6%
Rating5 ★5 ★4.9 ★4 ★
Reviews63154
Support resolved0%
Version3.01.0.31.5.21.0
Tested up to6.5.84.5.336.9.54.6.30

Review stats

56 reviews
5★
100%
4★
0%
3★
0%
2★
0%
1★
0%

Development activity

Last updated
2024-06-10 4:52pm GMT
Latest version
3.0
Compatible up to
WordPress 6.5.8
Requires
WordPress 5.2

Estimated installs

1,995

Confidence

high

Data updated

Aug 3, 2026

Tracking since

2026-07-26

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