Adds an activation code to the new user email sent once a user registers. The user must enter this activation code in addition to a username and password to log in successfully the first time. A 10 character activation code is added to the user meta when the user is registered.

The administrator may reset the activation code or enter a new one from the users profile page.

This plugin does not currently work with multi-site. Multi-site uses an activation key system for new registrations already.

Spanish translation by Andrew Kurtis of WebHostingHub.

1.3.0

• Altered activation process to handle large numbers of users (250k+) on slow hardware.
• Added a series of actions and filters to wp_new_user_notification to allow for greater control over the email sent to the user

1.2.3

• Fix incorrect URL encoding of query string.

1.2.2

• Fix errant error message displaying on log in screen for some users

1.2.1

• Fix fatal error with new user registration email

1.2

• Compatability with 3.8
• Fix problem of strict standards notice during activation
• Add uninstall.php file to remove traces of the plugin once it has been deleted

1.1

• Compatability with 3.7
• Fix active users column sorting
• Fix incorrect display of data in user list table

1.0

• Compatability with 3.5
• Activation code field on log in form is filled in automatically if user clicks url in email
• Added a new column on the users list table to display if the user has activated their account or not
• Fixed missing localization strings
• Bumped minimum WordPress version to 3.1

0.4

• Fixed authentication issue

0.3

• WordPress 3.3 compatible
• Localized and available for translation

0.2

• Added a field, shown only to admins, to the user profile that displays the activation code

0.1

• First version

Extract the zip file and just drop the contents in the wp-content/plugins/ directory of your WordPress installation and then activate the Plugin from Plugins page.

Log in form



User profile page