Reset Password Component for Joomla 1.5, 2.5 and 3

January 31, 2011 130 comments

This component is now finally available for Joomla 2.5 and Joomla 3.

I have gotten a bit frustrated with the Joomla reset password functions.
In Joomla 1.5 there was a horrendous invalid token bug. And in Joomla 3.2 the reset password function is broken altogether.

Besides that, I never really liked that users had to copy and paste the token manually.

Out of this frustration I created a new component that handles the reset password process. There is also a plugin that needs to be activated.

When the plugin is activated, it attempts to replace the Joomla default forgot password link with a link to this component.

This was mainly written for my own Joomla websites but I decided to provide it as a free download in the hope that it might be useful for others as well.

Available languages files:

Polish by Piotr Gąsiorowski
German by Urs Brülhart
Finnish by Anne Mattila
Greek by Christopher Valmas
Spanish by Manuel Gonzalez
Italian by Marco Maiella
French and Dutch Translation by Irina Malinovskaia
Portuguese by Fernando Andrade

Joomla 2.5 and 3

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Written by Porter about 12 years ago.

Also, where does one modify the languages? On my French, German, Italian and Spanish pages I get ‘RANDOM_REQUEST_PASSWORD’ ?

I have the Joomfish component to translate
Written by Teet about 12 years ago.

Hi Mark,

Any update re a Joomla 2.5+ compatible version?

It would be greatly appreciated

Kind regards.
Written by ace about 12 years ago.

Yes a 2.5 version would be fantastic if you have the time! Thanks.
Written by Sándor about 12 years ago.

It works great on my Dutch website but not on my German website.
I don’t know what I am doing wrong.
If I click on forgot password it can’t find the page. Or it sais forbidden acces (flooding)
Can you please help me?
Thanks
Written by Faye about 12 years ago.

Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou! This password reset has annoyed me for the longest time!! I can’t believe it took me so long to find your fix. You’re awesome!
Written by Em about 12 years ago.

Hi Mark,

I’m hoping it’s simply a case of me being a little daft when it comes to Joomla. I’ve installed both component and plug in and all seems to work just fine – except I’m not receiving the verification email? I get as far as here:
Please enter the email address for your account. A verification email will be sent to you.
Once you have received the verification email, you will be able to choose a new password for your account.

The page simply refreshes and I never receive the email? Is there a quick fix or anything you can advise?

Would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again,

Em
Written by Pat about 12 years ago.

Awesome! This should be core, and you sir, are a scholar and a gentleman!
Written by Giuseppe about 12 years ago.

Hi guys,
I tried the component with one of my sites, but it seems to not work perfectly.
When I try to change a password when I’m logged in, i always receive the same message “Username not found”.

This website has the Joomla 1.5.26 version installed.

Any suggestions?
Thanks a lot for your support,
Best.

Giuseppe
Written by Dave Friederichs about 12 years ago.

This extension is great! It does 95% of what I need. The only thing – I’m using a 3rd-party extension (EmailAsUsername – http://www.lunarhotel.co.uk/) that substitutes an email field everywhere that there’s normally a username field and allows the user to log in with their email. On the password reset screen, it still asks for a username. Is there any way to change that to ask for an email address?
Written by Dave Friederichs about 12 years ago.

Never mind – answered my own question.
Written by Lina Posada about 12 years ago.

Please make for 2.5!
Written by Nico about 12 years ago.

Hello,
it seems I am the only one that had to change the crypted password generator bit of code.
The component (dowloaded here, today) creates not “salted” password. So too short password.
Had to look at the JuserHelper and see how to create longer salted password.

// component origin
//$cryptpassword = JUserHelper::getCryptedPassword($password1) ;

// my_mod
$salt = JUserHelper::genRandomPassword(32);
$crypt = JUserHelper::getCryptedPassword($password1, $salt);
$cryptpassword = $crypt.’:’.$salt;
// end of my_mod

After that it works very well.

Also facing the problems of not translated “create random password” part. (italian) I get language key strings instead of translated ones. This is little problem. I’ll translate now.
Written by mark about 12 years ago.

Hi there

Did you do this mod for joomla 2.5?
You can send me the missing italian translation string through the contact section and
I’ll add it – will also check you mod code and include it.

Cheers and thanks for your help
Written by Kaelisan about 12 years ago.

Users’ emails are breaking up the link in the reset email. They aren’t savvy enough to copy and paste the whole thing and it’s become a headache. Can I change the reset email to explain this?
Written by Andrew Watson about 12 years ago.

Nailed it! That was brilliant. I would add that when I turn on random password, all I got was an email with “RANDOM_REQUEST_PASSWORD” (Spanish site). So I just didn’t use that.

It fixed the “Invalid token” error, so I’m very happy.
Written by Mario about 12 years ago.

Hi, this component can randomly reset the user’s password. thank you
Written by Brian Peat about 12 years ago.

This DOES work in 2.5.9, but it kicks up an error:

Notice: Undefined variable: option in /home/devglobe/public_html/components/com_resetpassword/resetpassword.php on line 14

This is without that crypt mod (that doesn’t work at all in 2.5.9). Any ideas what it would take to get rid of that error?

thanks!
Written by Brian Peat about 12 years ago.

oop, it only shows that error with error reporting on. Otherwise, it appears to work fine in 2.5 for me.

thanks!
Written by suraj about 11 years ago.

thanks men for the help
Written by Jim Brooking about 11 years ago.

I recently installed the Core Design Captcha plugin to reduce spammer registration attempts. The “Forgot password” link no longer works with this extension: the Captcha doesn’t appear and the message “Invalid Captcha!” appears; no email is sent. I run J! 2.5.11. Is thee a way for you to include a Captcha if one is supposed to appear?

Thanks.
Written by Allan about 11 years ago.

3.1 support? Does it Work?
Written by Paul Cooper about 11 years ago.

What an absolutely super extension. Almost every recent Joomla website has the problem and this fixes it – Joomla 3.2 is the best and the worst of Joomla and perhaps this should be core instead of the dreadful token ystem presently in use. Thank you so much for this and a donation goes to MacMillan Cancer Care in appreciation on your behalf.
Written by David about 11 years ago.

Thanks a LOT
you sir, deserve a MEDAL

I translated the file to Russian here… you can copy paste it to language/en-GB/en-GB.com_resetpassword.ini

REQUEST_PASSWORD=”Пожалуйста, введите адрес электронной почты. После того как вы получите письмо с подтверждением , вы сможете выбрать новый пароль для вашей учетной записи.”
EMAIL_ADDRESS=”Адрес электронной почты ”
USER_NAME=”Логин на Брокерской площадке ”
USER_PASSWORD=”Пароль ”
REPEAT_PASSWORD=”Повтор пароля ”
SUBMIT=”Отправить ”
EMAIL_INSTRUCTION=”Пожалуйста, проверьте свою электронную почту и следуйте инструкциям , чтобы сбросить пароль”
EMAIL_BODY=”Здравствуйте %s, \n\na запрос получен , чтобы сбросить пароль учетной записи вашего %s account password.\n\nПожалуйста нажмите на URL ниже, чтобы выбрать новый пароль: \n\n%s ”
EMAIL_SUBJECT=”Сброс пароля”
EMAIL_SUCCESS_BODY=”Здравствуйте %s, \n\nВаш пароль на %s был изменён.”
EMAIL_SUCCESS_SUBJECT=”Изменение Пароля Подтверждено ”
PASSWORD_UPDATED=”Пароль Ообновлен – Спасибо ”
USER_NOT_FOUND=”Имя пользователя не найдено ”
ACCOUNT_BLOCKED=”Счет заблокирован ”
WRONG_USERNAME=”Неправильное Имя пользователя ”
PASSWORDS_DONT_MATCH=”Пароли не совпадают ”
WRONG_PASSWORD_LENGTH=”Пароль должен содержать не менее 4 символов ”
INVALID_LINK=”Неверная ссылка ”
INVALID_EMAIL=”Электронная почта не действительна ”
RANDOM_PASSWORD_EMAIL=”Здравствуйте %s, \n\nA новый пароль для вашей учетной записи на %s был создан.\n\nновый пароль: %s ”
RANDOM_REQUEST_PASSWORD=”Пожалуйста, введите адрес электронной почты. После того как вы получите письмо с подтверждением , вы сможете выбрать новый пароль для вашей учетной записи.”
RANDOM_EMAIL_INSTRUCTION=”Пожалуйста, проверьте Ваш логин , используя новый пароль.”
Written by Pam about 11 years ago.

got this error:

Copy failed
JInstaller: :Install: Failed to copy file /home/simmiepa/public_html/tmp/install_5348a20618278/resetpassword_package_3.1/packages/install_5348a2061ae0b/resetpassword_3.1/languages/de-DE.com_resetpassword.ini to /home/simmiepa/public_html/language/de-DE/de-DE.com_resetpassword.ini
Written by Bill Murray about 10 years ago.

I had a problem where the submit buttons were being cut off.

The fix I used was to change the class of those buttons from class=”submit button” to class=button

Location:
\packages\com_resetpassword.zip\resetpassword_3.1\components\com_resetpassword\views\newpassword\tmpl\default.php
\packages\com_resetpassword.zip\resetpassword_3.1\components\com_resetpassword\views\resetpassword\tmpl\default.php

Hope it helps!
Written by amir about 10 years ago.

why isn’t it doesn’t on the joomla extensions?
Written by Fred Fredriksen about 10 years ago.

I’m in the process of moving my site to Joomla 3 and unfortunately “reset password” does not re-direct to its own page but still shows the original Joomla page and sends the verification code rather than a link to chnage the password.

Any thoughts?
Written by Sean about 10 years ago.

Thank you! This needs to be integrated into Joomla, regular people just can’t seem to get the token right. The one thing I would maybe like to see and will add myself is customizable / brandable emails. Other than that fine work!
Written by RUPESH ARORA about 10 years ago.

Your commentStrict standards: Declaration of ResetPasswordController::display() should be compatible with JControllerLegacy::display($cachable = false, $urlparams = Array) in C:\wamp\www\administrator\components\com_resetpassword\controller.php on line 21
shows an error what to do??
Written by Jan about 9 years ago.

Thanks you so much Mark. Have had ongoing problems with standard Joomla Forgot Password not working and I had given up and changed passwords manually. This component now gives me a life. Thank you so much

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