[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #33504: Cannot create a user without emailing a reset link

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#33504: Cannot create a user without emailing a reset link
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 Reporter:  Ipstenu                    |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)               |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                     |   Milestone:  4.3.2
Component:  Users                      |     Version:  4.3
 Severity:  major                      |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-screenshots  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by SergeyBiryukov):

 Replying to [comment:44 tharsheblows]:
 > Yes, I think the checkbox should stay checked as the new default should
 be to send a user a password reset link rather than setting their password
 for them. Also it under the password it says that a password reset link
 will be sent to the new user so it should match that.

 [attachment:33504.7.branch.diff] is a patch for the 4.3 branch with the
 checkbox enabled by default.

 [attachment:33504.7.trunk.diff] is for current trunk.

 Screenshots are the same as in comment:43 :)

 Replying to [comment:46 jobst]:
 > I, too, get many users (from many parts of life) who try to reset their
 passwords and fail - one must always think of people who still do not get
 a lot of stuff online. Giving admins the options of creating a password
 for users and send that in an email to the users who need a little bit
 more help is a bloody delight at times!!


 Unfortunately, not emailing passwords in plain text was
 [https://make.wordpress.org/core/2015/05/11/the-plan-for-passwords/ one of
 the goals for the new UI] to improve security (see also the discussion in
 #24633), so this is probably not going to change.

 Sounds like a good idea for a plugin though.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/33504#comment:47>
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