Password Checker

Password Checker is a jQuery plugin to detect the strength of the password entered by the user.

Current version: 0.2.1

Usage

Include jQuery and the plugin on your page. Then select a password input and call the passwordChecker method on DOM ready.

<script src="jquery.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.password-checker.js"></script>
<script>
	$(function() {
		$(':password').passwordChecker();
	});
</script>
<input type="password" name="password" />

Settable Options

minlength (default: 6)
Type: Number
The minimum character length.

texts (default: ['Too short', 'Weak', 'Normal', 'Strong', 'Very strong'])
Type: Array
The tip texts of strength level.

colors (default: ['#900', '#960', '#c60', '#993', '#2A7726'])
Type: Array
The colors of strength level.

Theming

If the password checker specific styling is needed, the following CSS class names can be used:

.password-checker: The outer container of the password checker.
- .password-checker-text: The text of the password checker.
- .password-checker-value: The color of the password checker.

Password strength rules

1 - short:
- Less than the specified minimum character length.
2 - weak:
- Greater than the specified minimum character length;
- Single characters (numbers, lowercase letters, uppercase letters or special characters).
3 - normal:
- Greater than the specified minimum character length;
- Less than 10 characters two kinds of combinations of character types;
- More than 10 characters two kinds of combinations of character types, but must include numbers.
4 - strong:
- Greater than the specified minimum character length;
- 3 kinds of combinations of character types, but must include numbers;
- More than 10 characters two kinds of combinations of character types, but can not include numbers.
5 - very strong:
- Greater than the specified minimum character length;
- 4 kinds of combinations of character types;
- 3 kinds of combinations of character types, but can not include numbers.

Dependencies

Required

jQuery, tested with 1.10.2

nicolaszhao/password-checker