Exporting > Importing Users – Passwords?

  • Resolved blakemiller

    (@blakemiller)


    4 years, 10 months ago

    I use your plugin often with dozens of sites with lots of different users, etc. and yours is one of the best user users import plugins out there!

    But I have a case where I’m exporting users from one site and into a new site. I need to keep their passwords the same. Your export outputs hashed passwords. Does your import recognize the hashed passwords from the export? If so, the export column is called ‘user_pass’. Your import script looks for the column to be just ‘password’. If this works, then would we have to rename the column?

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  • Plugin Author Javier Carazo

    (@carazo)

    4 years, 10 months ago

    @blakemiller,

    If you use “Password” you have to set the password in plain text. If you use “user_pass” it has to be hashed.

    So if you export and then import, it will work perfectly.

    Read documentation tab if you need further information.

    Thread Starter blakemiller

    (@blakemiller)

    4 years, 10 months ago

    Thank you for confirming. I didn’t mention it, but I actually did check your documentation tab before posting here. It reads:

    “A string that contains user passwords. We have different options for this case:
    – If you don’t create a column for passwords: passwords will be generated automatically
    – If you create a column for passwords: if cell is empty, password won’t be updated; if cell has a value, it will be used.”

    It does not mention anything about the exported column named “user_pass” nor importing hashed passwords. (I understand how the plain text passwords work and use that method all of the time) I recommend updating your documentation tab to include the ‘user_pass’ and hashed passwords generated from an export from another site using your same plugin.

    Plugin Author Javier Carazo

    (@carazo)

    4 years, 10 months ago

    Yes, I have just read it. Sorry.

    I have to improve it. Thanks for your suggestion!

    Plugin Author Javier Carazo

    (@carazo)

    4 years, 10 months ago

    In the next version it will appear.

    Thread Starter blakemiller

    (@blakemiller)

    4 years, 10 months ago

    That is great! You have always ‘listened’ to your customers and we appreciate it.

    Thank you.

    Plugin Author Javier Carazo

    (@carazo)

    4 years, 10 months ago

    You are not customers, you are user. This is a free plugin.

    And yes, we always listen to the community.

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