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Two-Factor Authentication

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Most of the WordPress and WooCommerce sites that I work on don’t yet have Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) enabled. I believe the delay in implementing has largely to do with the inconvenience of 2FA. However, this inconvenience has become mandatory for most online services these days, and busy eCommerce stores are no exception to that rule.

There’s multiple ways to implement 2FA, but the simplest would be the official Two-Factor plugin by WordPress themselves. The methods that this plugin supports are:

  • Authenticator App codes – This is the most popular
  • Backup codes
  • Email codes – This is the easiest to start out with, and easiest to remotely enable

I’ve started enabling 2FA for clients that host with me, in order to protect their hosting control panels.

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Sean D. Conklin

I have been a full-stack CSS, HTML, JavaScript, PHP website developer since 2002. My current specialties have been in WordPress powered sites since 2010, WooCommerce powered online stores since 2017, adding Shopify in 2023. I support dozens of store owners and managers, customizing and growing their businesses quickly, efficiently, in support of open-source citizenship and standards.