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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. | Easy to get working... may have found a bug.. if you enter the Google Token incorrectly, you have to wait a long time before you can try again. Subsequent attempts fail even if correct. |
| 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 | |
| Limit Login Attempts | Blocks user for x number of minute is more useful feature. Also tries to block by cookie and ip. |
Should have link to how to ssh in to disable plugins if they misbehave.
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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