PASSWORD CHANGE

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  chuckman2 · Member · Aug 23, 2018 at 1:36 am

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  I AM TRYING TO CHANGE MY PASSWORD. I HAVE ONE I WANT, BUT YOUR SYSTEM WON’T LET ME SAVE IT. IT TELLS ME I NEED A STRONGER ONE. VERY ANNOYING.

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  torres126 · Member · Aug 23, 2018 at 10:19 am

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  WordPress.com aims to minimise any risk of websites getting compromised, and the most common way of this happening is someone being able to access your account without your permission.

  The gateway between people with malicious intent and access to your account is a password, but an easy password increases the likelihood of your account being compromised. That’s why WordPress.com insists you have a strong password.

  Learn more about selecting a strong passwords: https://en.support.wordpress.com/selecting-a-strong-password/

  If you’re wanting to take additional precautions too, please consider enabling two step verification: https://en.support.wordpress.com/security/two-step-authentication/

  Let us know if you have any further questions or issues. :)

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  gemmacevans · Member · Aug 23, 2018 at 1:33 pm

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  Hi chuckman2,

  The password prompts are designed to help you create a strong password for your account:

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/selecting-a-strong-password/#traditional-passwords-are-no-longer-safe

  I appreciate it may take an extra minute or so but these steps are important for the security of your account. You can use the “Generate strong password” button if you would like to speed up the process — this will do the work for you.