Authentication

WordPress known well by not one, but hundreds of thousands people worldwide who are widely using the platform for creating a blog or website. So it would naturally be a haven for hackers to try to abuzz the security of your blog and enter into your WordPress site. The article will showcased you the good authentication plugins available which you can probably use to keep your site protected.

WP Email Login

The plugin will let you use your email address instead of a username to log into your WordPress.

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Membee Login

The plugin will add member authentication and access role management to your WordPress site via Membee’s powerful Member Single Sign-On web service.

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Mozilla Persona (BrowserID)

The plugin allows users to sign into your site using Mozilla Persona. A widget, shortcode and template tags are provided. Custom login and logout links can be created.

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Simple LDAP Login

The plugin allows you to integrate WordPress with LDAP quickly and easily.

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Sexy Login

The plugin allow you to get a sexy login widget in your WordPress. It’s useful for sites that would like to avoid the normal WordPress login pages.

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Duo Two-Factor Authentication

The plugin will let you easily add Duo Security two-factor authentication to your WordPress website. Enable two-factor authentication for your admins and/or users.

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Login Security Solution

The plugin lets you get security against brute force attacks by tracking IP, name, password; requiring very strong passwords.

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Peter’s Login Redirect

The plugin redirect users to different locations after logging in and logging out.

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ManageWP Worker

The plugin allows you to remotely manage your WordPress sites from one dashboard.

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Nice Login Widget

The plugin lets you add, build and manage login-register widget anywhere in your site.

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SN Extend Authentication

The plugin allows admin to disable anonymous users browsing of selective posts, pages, feeds or complete WordPress site.

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wSecure Authentication

The plugin hides admin URL so that default URL will no longer bring up the admin page. Only people who enter the secret key will be able to access admin page.

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One-Time Password

The plugin enables you to login to your WordPress weblog using passwords which are valid for one session only.

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Google Authenticator

The plugin gives you two-factor authentication using the Google Authenticator app for Android/iPhone/Blackberry.

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WP Login Security 2

The plugin provides enhanced security by requiring users to whitelist their IP address. If the IP address is not recognized, the plugin will send an email to the user with a link that contains a one-time key. Optionally the blog administrator can also be notified.

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OpenID

The plugin allows WordPress to provide and consumer OpenIDs for authentication of users and comments.

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Login Dongle

The plugin protects your login by means of a security question (AKA challenge/response) as an extra security layer.

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Limit Login Attempts

The plugin limit the number of login attempts possible both through normal login as well as using auth cookies.

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Network Username Restrictions Override

By default, WordPress network usernames cannot contain anything but lowercase letters and numbers. This plugin adds network options to let you include hyphens, underscores, or uppercase letters, if desired.

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