How to Add Two-Factor Authentication to WordPress?

 

Have you noticed how popular sites like Facebook and Google are now giving you the ability to add two-factor authentication to improve security? Well, now you can add two-factor authentication to your WordPress site. This ensures maximum security for your WordPress site. Two-Factor Authentication, (aka Two-Step Verification, 2FA) is an additional layer of security you can add to your WordPress login page. With 2FA it is virtually impossible for attackers to log in to your WordPress, even if they guess your user’s password. Two-factor authentication is also good to help mitigate WordPress brute force attacks.

Why Add Two-Factor Authentication for WordPress Login?

One of the most common tricks hackers use is called brute force attacks. By using automated scripts, hackers try to guess username and password to break into a WordPress site. If they steal your password or accurately guess it, then they can infect your website with malware. One of the easiest ways to protect your WordPress website against stolen password is to add two-factor authentication. This way even if someone stole your password, they will need to enter security code from your phone to gain access.

There are two ways to set up two-factor authentication in WordPress:

SMS Verification – where you receive the verification code via text message.

Google Authenticator App – a Fallback option where you receive the verification code in an app.

How to enable two-factor authentication for WordPress?

You will need:

Access to WordPress Admin Panel

Time-based one-time password (TOTP) application on your smartphone

FTP Access (Optional)

Step 1 — Choosing a plug-in

1.1 Adding 2-Step SMS Verification to WordPress Login Screen

This method adds a 2-Step SMS verification to your WordPress login screen. After entering the WordPress username and password, you will receive a text message via SMS on your phone with a code.

1.2 Adding 2-Factor Verification to WordPress with Google Authenticator

Go ahead and install the Google Authenticator app on your phone. Once you have installed the app, open it and click on the add button. Now you need to scan the QR code shown on the plugin’s settings page using your phone’s camera. The app will detect and add your website. It will also show you a six-digit code. Enter the code in the plugin’s settings page, and you are done.

Step 2 — Setting up the plugin

Once the plugin is installed, you will need to take several other steps for the security features to be fully integrated. You can test the plug-in by logging out of your WordPress Admin Panel and logging in again.

WordPress 2-Step Verification 

WordPress 2-Step Verification is an improvement on both of the plugins mentioned above. It is also free and very easy to set up; once installed navigate to your WordPress user profile page and configure the Two-Factor Authentication settings. It supports:

Time-Based One-Time Password (codes are generated via the Google Authenticator app)

Email (authentication codes are sent via email)

The WordPress 2-Step Verification plugin also supports backup codes, so if for some reason you cannot provide the second factor you can use them to log in. The other useful features that this plugin has are Trust this Computer and App passwords. You can use the Trust this Computer in case you always log in from the same computer, and you won’t be asked for the one-time code during login for 30 days. The App passwords can be used to generate a permanent password for applications that connect to your WordPress and cannot prompt for the one-time security code during the login process. So if you have an app on your phone that connects to your WordPress you can still use it. App passwords are long, randomly generated passwords that you only have to provide once. They can also be revoked.

All the WordPress Plugins are good, and all of them help you improve the security of your WordPress login page. The differences between all of them are the features, the different types of the second factor they support, different ways of setting them up, different interfaces etc. So it all depends on what you need. We hope this article helped you add 2-factor SMS verification for WordPress login.

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