The 7 Best Two-Factor Authentication Plugins for WordPress in 2019
- Updated on: 2019-02-09
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We protect online accounts using passwords. It may be alpha-numeric, system generated and technically strong. But is it enough to secure your login pages?
Hackers will follow several methods to crack your credentials and it may not be possible for you to detect or overcome the threats always. When talking about websites, you should exercise extreme caution in protecting the business and contents. A hacking will affect you in several ways. It may result in losing traffic, create a bad online reputation, stealing contents etc.
Is there any way to secure your WordPress site or blog from possible hacking attempts?
Add an extra layer of security on WordPress. Two-factor authentication helps you to safeguard the business and keep the hackers away. A number of WordPress plugins are designed for doing the job which will send a second level password to your mobile, or email to verify your identity. Once you entered the regular login ID and password, those plugins will start working and send the verification code or you can also generate it from your end through hardware tokens to inform the plugin that it’s you and not the hacker. Without inputting the correct code, no one can access your WordPress dashboard.
In this article, we list the 7 best two-factor authentication plugins for WordPress.
Two Factor Authentication is a simple, easy to use plugin to secure your WordPress logins. It employs different methods like Google authenticator, QR code authentication, push notification, soft token and security questions to identify a user. They are free to use and you will get additional verification tools when upgrading to the premium account.
The setup will take a few minutes and the plugin comes with many options to customize your logins including user-role based login redirection, exclude regular login password, custom security questions, CAPTCHA, IP restriction etc.
Duo is one of the top two-factor authentication plugins for WordPress. It strongly protects your user accounts and let them prove their identity in multiple ways such as using Duo mobile app, SMS code, phone call back or code generated by a hardware token.
The plugin gives you full control over the user roles that can opt for the two-factor authentication-admins, editors, authors, contributors etc- and others can access the account as usual.
It is one of the best two-factor authentication plugins to protect your WordPress site. You can generate a second level password using Google Authenticator, Authy and many other OTP applications that you can deploy on the smartphone.
Two Factor Authentication plugin is developed by the authors of UpdraftPlus, the popular WordPress backup plugin with over a million active installs. It supports both TOTP and HOTP protocols to authenticate user accounts which can be customized per user-role basis.
Rublon is one of the powerful two-factor authentication plugins at this moment. It is free for a single user but you should opt for a premium version to support multiple accounts.
Rublon lets you claim the identity by simply clicking on a link received via email or scanning a Rublon app code. It will remember your device and you need to enter the regular WordPress password from the next time onwards. It’s just like ‘Remember this device’ option we see in popular websites like Gmail, Facebook etc.
Google Authenticator is another plugin to enable two-factor authentication in WordPress. It is a simple, light-weight plugin that will work with the Google Authenticator app installed on your smartphone. The plugin is totally free and allows you to implement the protection on any number of accounts.
Our list of two-factor authentication plugins won’t complete without mentioning Shield Security. It is intelligent, user-friendly and gives advanced protection to your WordPress websites. The plugin has an elegant interface where you can manage various tasks like run scans, limit login attempts, block spam comments, IP blacklist, firewall, two-step verification etc to strengthen your website security.
Shield Security verify the legitimacy of the user in two ways- email (IP address based and cookie based) and Yubikey. It provides highly effective solutions to prevent brute force hacking attempts and secure your WordPress.
It is a free plugin to block invalid login attempts in WordPress. In addition to the regular username and password, you’ve to enter a verification code generated by the mobile app or received via email in order to access the account.
Printable backup codes, app codes and remember this computer are some notable features of the plugin. Like Gmail, you can make use of the backup codes here to login to the site. So you can securely manage the contents anytime irrespective of the code generates or receives.
Do you use any two-factor authentication plugins in your WP website? If yes, how it’s beneficial for your online business or blog?
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