Password accepted don't mean that the password is strong. You can change the settings to make it longer and requiring more special characters at the end the script is just manipulating these settings (blindly)...

So what is the point of this then if its not a complexity? if its just checking password length then can normal validation not do that...

At the moment its adding visual elements for the sake of it...

There simply is no need for a progress bar at all - unless its actually going to make user use more secure passwords

@PhilETaylor the indicator is just indicating if the user is fulfilling the requirements of the site, set here:

In that context the script is not knowing if a password is strong or weak, it's just a visual help that the password is fulfilling the requirements of the site. Te initial settings are just password must be >4 characters long. Modifying these settings you can require numbers, capital letters, other symbols etc, and thus force to a more secure password

So I say again.

There is NO POINT in having this progress bar/strength meter in the INSTALLATION PROCESS OF JOOMLA when standard validation will do.

You might be able to configure the "widget" through Joomla admin, however thats not available until AFTER installation, and this issue is about the progress widget on the INSTALLATION process.

@PhilETaylor I didn't realise you were referring to the installation process here, so yes then this makes sense

My screenshot was from the installation process :) I did forget to mention that :)

as the password strength validator is no longer present in the installer I am closing this