Membership – Using email as the password

[jarendall]

I curently have about 150 users who use their email as username, and a unique password for each member.

Is there a way to set the login page to where all the person has to enter is their email address? So basically their email is their password? Eliminating them have to remember a password. Just their email is entered and the database knows that they are allowed entry.

Hope that makes sense.

[wzp]

So, essentially you want a system that only has user names, and no passwords. Why do you think that is a “good idea?” How hard do you think it is for somebody who is “not you” to discover what your email address is?

[jarendall]

Its a good idea for my particular application. The client wants a minimal password protected site. They dont want the viewer to have to worry about passwords or resetting them.

Can this be done or is it in the settings?

I am assuming that I could just go in and change eveyones password to their username? Or is there another way? What about the sign in screen?

[admin]

A membership system will ALWAYS need a proper authentication model. I understand what you want but there will never be an option to remove the password field in the plugin because that will likely introduce security holes for everyone else using this same plugin.

The best option I can think of is the following:

On your registration page, instruct your users to use their email address as the password. So they will enter their email address in the password field. You are allowed to use any password you want.

You can edit the registration page and add a message there just before the shortcode.

[jarendall]

OK thanks. I actually dont have a registration page. Each login in given out via direct email or phone call.

I guess I could change everyones password to their email address and then when they go login, they would enter their email as username and email as password. Does this sound right?

is there a way to only have the password field in the login form/page?

thanks again.

[wzp]

You could have someone do some custom PHP programming for you; that will accomplish this. But if you did that, your plugin will become a “one off” affair, and will have to be re-modified, each time a new version of eMember becomes available.

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