The Ultimate Guide to Strong Password Generators
Approximately 8 percent of hacked WordPress blogs were hacked in part due to weak passwords. Make sure your password is strong and impossible to guess.
What a Strong Password Generator Can Do for You
Here's what we advise for a strong and secure password:
- Has 12 Characters, that's a minimum: You need to choose a password that’s long enough. There’s no minimum password length everyone agrees on, but you should generally go for passwords that are a minimum of 12 to 14 characters in length. A longer password would be even better.
- Includes Numbers, Symbols, Capital Letters, and Lower-Case Letters: Use a mix of different types of characters to make the password harder to crack.
- Isn’t a dictionary word or combination of dictionary words: Stay away from obvious dictionary words and combinations of dictionary words. Any word on its own is bad. Any combination of a few words, especially if they’re obvious, is also bad. For example, 'house' is a terrible password. 'Red House' is also very bad.
- Doesn’t rely on obvious substitutions: Don’t use common substitutions, either — for example, 'm0use' isn’t strong just because you’ve replaced an o with a 0. That’s just obvious.
- Try to mix it up — for example, 'BigDog#456' fits many of the requirements here. It’s 12 characters and includes upper-case letters, lower-case letters, a symbol, and some numbers. But it’s fairly obvious — it’s a dictionary phrase where each word is capitalized properly. There’s only a single symbol, all the numbers are at the end, and they’re in an easy order to guess.
What is a Strong Password?
The general rule of thumb is to use a mix of numbers, letters, and symbols, in addition to never using something that others can associate with you. A strong password consists of:
at least 8 characters, suggested length - 14
both uppercase and lowercase letters
non-alphanumeric symbols (i.e. ! #, $)
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