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There is no need to setup file permissions if you have followed the Bonsai Framework Apache Virtual Hosting with ACLs article. Extracting the tar while within the directories already setup with ACLs will result in the permissions being inherited.
| Directory | Purpose | Access | Tech Notes |
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| /wp-content/plugins/ | Plugins are dropped in here. | Administrator and developers. | The plugin can be installed through WordPress Administration two ways,
Option 2 did not work for me, but I suspect it is due to having set in php open_basedir which does not have a writable temporary folder. This can be resolved by specifying upload_tmp_dir which must reside in open_basedir and also where www-data has rwx access. |
Configure WordPress
Create Config File for Database Access
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| Plugin | Description | Review | |
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| Google Authenticator | The Google Authenticator plugin for WordPress gives you two-factor authentication using the Google Authenticator app for Android/iPhone/Blackberry. If you are security aware, you may already have the Google Authenticator app installed on your smartphone, using it for two-factor authentication on your Gmail or Google Apps account. The two-factor authentication requirement can be enabled on a per-user basis. You could enable it for your administrator account, but log in as usual with less privileged accounts. If You need to maintain your blog using an Android/iPhone app, or any other software using the XMLRPC interface, you can enable the App password feature in this plugin, but please note that enabling the App password feature will make your blog less secure. | ||
| Duo Two-Factor Authentication | This plugin enables Duo Security's two-factor authentication for WordPress logins. Duo provides simple two-factor authentication as a service via:
This plugins allows a WordPress administrator to quickly add strong two-factor authentication to any WordPress instance without setting up user accounts, directory synchronization, servers, or hardware. | Free signup but it looks like only 1000 transactions for the life of the account. Looks very professional. | |
| BAW More Secure Login | Grid Cards |
Set Up Users
The default user created is an administrator and has more privileges than necessary. The very first step is to create users with specific roles provided by WordPress. The roles are outlined below in order of most privileges to least.
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