[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #58312: Display password hint on additional screens

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#58312: Display password hint on additional screens
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 Reporter:  petitphp        |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Administration  |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch       |     Focuses:  administration
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Comment (by petitphp):

 Hi @SergeyBiryukov

 Thanks for looking up history for the function.

 >Interesting, wp_get_password_hint() was initially used on all of these
 screens, but somehow got
 >phased out as part of UI updates. If I had to guess, it was probably to
 clean up the UI, as the
 >password is now autogenerated by default, and it can be up for discussion
 if the hint is still
 >relevant in that case.
 I can see why this could be the case. However, without them, it's really
 hard to display any kind of info to the user about custom validation rules
 that could exist (mainly in the enterprise context). Currently, the way it
 can be done is using JS to inject password hint dynamically.

 I totally get your point about keeping a clean UI, I'm thinking we could
 add a new filter to choose if the hint should be shown ?
 {{{#!php
 if ( apply_filter( 'show_password_hint', false ) ) {
     //...
 }
 }}}

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