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WordPress login: two-factor authentication

Back to all blogsJanuary 22, 2025

Besides the password, a code from your smartphone

How to set up two-factor authentication for your WordPress login, in 6 steps.

What you need

Smartphone with the authenticator apps from Microsoft and Google

Authenticator app

Runs on a smartphone or tablet. Popular free apps are Google Authenticator and Microsoft Authenticator, available in the App Store (iOS) or the Google Play Store (Android).

Password manager

Some generate the 2FA codes directly on the computer, without a smartphone. Some even fill in the password and code automatically. Free examples are LastPass, Dashlane and Keeper.

Set up 2FA in WordPress

  1. Open your profile Log in to WordPress and click on the user at the top right.
  2. Activate 2FA Scroll down and choose «Activate 2FA».
  3. Scan the QR code Open the authenticator app and scan the code. Without a camera, copy the «Secret Key» below the QR code and paste it into the app.
  4. Save the backup codes Download them and keep them in a safe place.
  5. Enter the code Type the first code from the app into the field.
  6. Finish Click «ACTIVATE».
4 screenshots of the setup with the markers 1 to 6. 1 the user at the top right, 2 the 2FA section in the profile, 3 the QR code, 4 the download of the backup codes, 5 the field for the code, 6 the «ACTIVATE» button.

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