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Set up two-factor authentication WordPress administrators can require role by role: a TOTP code from an authenticator app, single-use backup codes for a lost phone, and an encrypted secret that never touches…
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Site Password Protection puts the entire public site behind a single shared password — pages, feeds, and the REST API — until the correct password is entered, exactly what's needed before a…
Explore module AccessRestrict Login Identifier
Restrict Login Identifier limits the WordPress login field to accept only a username or only an email address, closing off one of the two ways an attacker can try to guess their…
Explore module AccessRegistration Date
Registration Date adds a sortable column to the Users list showing when each account was created — a field WordPress has always stored on every user, just never surfaced anywhere in the…
Explore module AccessRedirect After Logout
Redirect After Logout sends each role to a page or URL of your choosing right after they sign out, instead of WordPress's default return to the login form — which reads like…
Explore module AccessRedirect After Login
Redirect After Login sends each role to a page or URL of your choosing right after they sign in, instead of WordPress's one-size-fits-all dashboard — with a genuine multi-role resolution that works…
Explore module AccessLogin Toast Notifications
Set up login toast notifications WordPress replaces the plain red and grey wp-login.php boxes with: a stacked, animated toast for every error and message, styled and positioned the way you choose instead…
Explore module AccessLast Login
Last Login records when every user last signed in and adds a sortable "Last Login" column to the Users list — a record WordPress keeps nowhere at all by default.
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