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title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgPasswordPolicy">$wgPasswordPolicy's MinimalPasswordLength</a></b> for an alternative way to use this feature.</i></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r6815794">.mw-parser-output .settingsummary{margin:1em auto;text-align:left;background:var(--background-color-base,#fff);color:var(--color-base,#202122);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-collapse:collapse}.mw-parser-output .settingsummary th,.mw-parser-output .settingsummary td{padding:5px}.mw-parser-output .settingsummary-header{padding:.5em;text-align:center;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)}.mw-parser-output .settingsummary-summary{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .settingsummary th[scope="row"]{padding:0.3em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .settingsummary-default th{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .settingsummary-footer{text-align:center;margin:0.3em;font-size:small;font-style:italic}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .settingsummary-header{border-bottom:solid 1px var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1)}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .settingsummary-header{border-bottom:solid 1px var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1)}}</style> <table class="settingsummary"> <tbody> <tr> <th class="settingsummary-header" colspan="2"><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration_settings?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Users" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration settings">User accounts, authentication</a>: $wgMinimalPasswordLength</th> </tr> <tr> <td class="settingsummary-summary" colspan="2">Specifies the minimal length of a user password.<br></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Introduced in version:</th> <td><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Category:MediaWiki_configuration_settings_introduced_in_version_1.5.0?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Category:MediaWiki configuration settings introduced in version 1.5.0">1.5.0</a> (<a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:Code/MediaWiki/r7317?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="extiw" title="rev:r7317">r7317</a>)</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Deprecated in version:</th> <td><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Category:MediaWiki_configuration_settings_deprecated_in_version_1.26.0?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Category:MediaWiki configuration settings deprecated in version 1.26.0">1.26.0</a> (<a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/206156" class="extiw" title="gerrit:206156">Gerrit change 206156</a>; <a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/1a20dc" class="extiw" title="gerrit:q/1a20dc">git #1a20dc</a>)</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Removed in version:</th> <td><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Category:MediaWiki_configuration_settings_removed_in_version_1.42.0?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Category:MediaWiki configuration settings removed in version 1.42.0">1.42.0</a> (<a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/995047" class="extiw" title="gerrit:995047">Gerrit change 995047</a>; <a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/2d66025fdf051e775d4c15fe625235d85341afb5" class="extiw" title="gerrit:q/2d66025fdf051e775d4c15fe625235d85341afb5">git #2d66025f</a>)</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Allowed values:</th> <td>(nonnegative integer)</td> </tr> <tr class="settingsummary-default"> <th scope="row">Default value:</th> <td><code>8</code> (1.40+)<br><p><code>1</code> (1.16-1.39)<br></p><code>0</code> (1.5-1.15)</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="settingsummary-footer" colspan="2">Other settings: <a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration_settings_(alphabetical)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration settings (alphabetical)">Alphabetical</a> | <a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration_settings?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration settings">By function</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"> <h2 id="Details">Details</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Manual:$wgMinimalPasswordLength&action=edit&section=1&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Details"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span> </div> <p>Specifies the minimal length of a user password. If you change this value, users with a password shorter than your new <code>$wgMinimalPasswordLength</code>, have to change their password the next time they log in. If set to 0, empty passwords are allowed.</p> <p>Since 1.26 deprecated in favor of <a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgPasswordPolicy?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgPasswordPolicy">$wgPasswordPolicy</a><span style="display:none"><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Manual:$wgPasswordPolicy?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Manual:$wgPasswordPolicy"> </a></span>.</p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"> <h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Manual:$wgMinimalPasswordLength&action=edit&section=2&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span> </div> <ul> <li><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgMaximalPasswordLength?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgMaximalPasswordLength">$wgMaximalPasswordLength</a><span style="display:none"><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Manual:$wgMaximalPasswordLength?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Manual:$wgMaximalPasswordLength"> </a></span></li> </ul>   </div> <noscript> <img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"> </noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet=""> Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Manual:$wgMinimalPasswordLength&oldid=6366597&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Manual:$wgMinimalPasswordLength&oldid=6366597</a>" </div> </div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"> <div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"> <a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:Categories?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:Categories">Categories</a>: <ul> <li><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Category:MediaWiki_configuration_settings?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Category:MediaWiki configuration settings">MediaWiki configuration settings</a></li> <li><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Category:MediaWiki_configuration_settings_introduced_in_version_1.5.0?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Category:MediaWiki configuration settings introduced in version 1.5.0">MediaWiki configuration settings introduced in version 1.5.0</a></li> <li><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Category:MediaWiki_configuration_settings_deprecated_in_version_1.26.0?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Category:MediaWiki configuration settings deprecated in version 1.26.0">MediaWiki configuration settings deprecated in version 1.26.0</a></li> <li><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Category:MediaWiki_configuration_settings_removed_in_version_1.42.0?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Category:MediaWiki configuration settings removed in version 1.42.0">MediaWiki configuration settings removed in version 1.42.0</a></li> <li><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Category:MediaWiki_deprecated_or_obsolete_features?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Category:MediaWiki deprecated or obsolete features">MediaWiki deprecated or obsolete features</a></li> <li><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Category:Users_variables?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Category:Users variables">Users variables</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer"> <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod">This page was last edited on 13 February 2024, at 12:45.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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