The password strength meter is a built-in feature in WordPress that provides real-time feedback to users when creating or updating their passwords. This feature encourages users to create strong and unique passwords, which helps improve website security.
However, loading this script across the entire website can cause unnecessary page load times because the extra code runs on pages where it is not needed.
With the Nexter Extension (Free) plugin, it is possible to disable the password strength meter in WordPress and load the script only where it is needed, such as on the login, checkout, and account pages.
Best Used For:
- WooCommerce stores where the password meter script loads on product and shop pages unnecessarily
- Membership or LMS sites that load password scripts on course or lesson pages that do not require them
- Any WordPress site using a theme that calls password-related scripts globally, causing avoidable performance overhead
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Why Disable Password Strength Meter?
WordPress and WooCommerce add “zxcvbn.min.js” and “password-strength-meter.min.js” JavaScript files to enforce strong password policies across the website. However, certain themes may call these files unnecessarily, leading to performance issues. To improve your website performance, it is best to load these scripts only where they are needed, such as on login, checkout, and account pages. Disabling the password strength meter in WordPress removes unnecessary script weight from pages that do not use it.
How to Disable Password Strength Meter with The Nexter Extension?
To do this, go to Nexter > Extensions > Performance.
Then go to the Advanced Performance section, enable the toggle, and click on the gear icon (⚙). This opens the Advanced Performance settings popup where all individual performance toggles are available.
This will open the Advanced Performance popup. From there, scroll down to Disable Password Strength Meter and enable the toggle. Once enabled, the password-related scripts will only load on pages where they are actually required, such as login and account pages.
Then click on the Save button.
This will make sure those password-related JS files “zxcvbn.min.js” and “password-strength-meter.min.js” are loaded on necessary pages only.
Nexter Extension includes other script-level performance controls in the same Advanced Performance section. For another example of removing unnecessary scripts sitewide, see How to Disable Dashicons on your WordPress Website?
