Title: Password Shortcode
Last modified: October 9, 2023

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# Password Shortcode

 *  Resolved [Nick Symister](https://wordpress.org/support/users/artikelandswint/)
 * (@artikelandswint)
 * [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-shortcode-2/)
 * Hi, Is there any way to send the actual password via email by using the shortcode?
 * I tried all 3 shortcodes but all of them have the same result, a link to the 
   WP backend that i don’t want the clients to see.

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 *  Plugin Author [Jack – BNFW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/voltronik/)
 * (@voltronik)
 * [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-shortcode-2/#post-17112515)
 * Hi [@artikelandswint](https://wordpress.org/support/users/artikelandswint/),
   
   Thanks for your message.
 * WordPress hasn’t allowed passwords to be sent in their default notifications 
   since WordPress 4.2 from 2015. As such, BNFW doesn’t allow them either. Some 
   plugins override this and add them but they won’t be compatible with BNFW for
   this reason.
 * Sorry I can’t help more.
 *  [Shamjith V](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shamjith/)
 * (@shamjith)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-shortcode-2/#post-17226225)
 * Hi,
 * Then how can we send the password to the registerd customer ?
 * what will be the best short code for this
 *  Plugin Author [Jack – BNFW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/voltronik/)
 * (@voltronik)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-shortcode-2/#post-17226275)
 * Hi [@shamjith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shamjith/),
   Sadly, you can’t.
   WordPress changed this for security purposes back in 2015. It is their recommendation
   that the customer sets their own password instead, via the password URL link 
   that BNFW can add using the `[password_url]` shortcode.
 * Hope this helps.

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 * Last reply from: [Jack – BNFW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/voltronik/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-shortcode-2/#post-17226275)
 * Status: resolved