Title: Complex passwords?
Last modified: September 5, 2016

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# Complex passwords?

 *  [gordon.cunningham](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gordoncunningham/)
 * (@gordoncunningham)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/complex-passwords/)
 * I tried using a 20-character complex password containing several symbols and 
   other characters, which HMS saved, but we weren’t able to log in with it. I had
   to simplify the password. What are the password requirements and can you add 
   an error message if entering an invalid password when saving the plugin configuration?
 * Thanks.

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