In this article, we will learn few major steps that will help you to enable two-factor authentication in your WordPress website.
Before knowing the steps it is important to get familiar with the WordPress websites.
What do you mean by two-factor authentication in WordPress?
Two-factor authentications are also determined as an extra layer of security. This type of security is implementing on most websites because it will secure your website against phishing, password theft, and brute force attacks.
Most of the websites based on WP Best themes had implemented the two-factor authentication to ensure that no unethical user will be able to access its admin panel unless they have access to the unique code.
But suppose the user succeeds in guessing the password then also the user will not be able to access the information because there is still another password or a code that will be sent directly to the admin's mobile phone.
You can choose two-factor authentication in WordPress when your website gets hacked or at the time of suspicious login.
Allow two-factor authentications
One of the best ways to activate the two-factor authentication is to make use of the plugin. One of the best plugins that you must choose is Google Authenticator.
This is the best plugin that helps you to enable two-factor authentication on your WordPress website.
The very first step that you have to do is to install and activate this plugin.
Once you have activated the plugin you will need to follow the given steps:
Login to the WordPress dashboard
Now go to miniOrgane 2 and click on Two Factor
Now click on the two-factor authentication option
In this article, we are going to activate the OTP over SMS and OTP over email. You can select any of them which suit your website.
Now hit the button "configure"
Now it will ask you to create a new password so that you can easily configure this plugin.
Provide password and email address
Now by retyping confirm the password
Click on the button that says create account
Note: If you have login access to the email id your previously created then just add the login details by clicking on Login.
Once you are done with the account creation you will have to configure OTP over SMS.
Here add the phone number and mouse click on verify option
On your mobile phone, you will receive the code
The OTP you received must be added into the field and click on the option 'validate OTP'.
Now if you have performed validated the OTP, you receive the notification of 2FA setup.
To select the second-factor authentication click on the Next button
From here select the 2nd option i.e. OPT over email
Now click on configure
Now add an email address and hit the button 'save button'
At your email address, you will get the one-time passcode
Now you can click on configure option once adding the OTP passcode
On your website, you will be able to activate two-factor authentications successfully. now whenever you need to login to your admin panel you will need to add the OTP you received on your mobile phone
Choose roles to activate 2-actor for your users
After this, the last thing is that you will have to choose the roles for those you would like to give access to two-factor authentication. Before login to the admin panel, the role you select will have to perform the authentication process.
To choose the roles
Choose settings
From the for users role section, choose the roles of users
Choose to save settings button
The users you have chosen will need to perform 2-factor authentications compulsorily.
This will ensure your website is secure and safe. That’s it. So just activate your website has been added with two-factor authentication using this guide.
Conclusion:
The very basic steps have been mentioned to help you in adding extra layer of security on your website which is based on WP Best themes. This will make sure your website is safe and secure.
