Title: Enscrypt
Author: faazshift
Published: <strong>May 27, 2015</strong>
Last modified: May 27, 2015

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Enscrypt

 By [faazshift](https://profiles.wordpress.org/faazshift/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/enscrypt.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/enscrypt/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/enscrypt/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/enscrypt/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/enscrypt/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/enscrypt/)

## Description

Enscrypt replaces wordpress authentication protocols with a mechanism that uses 
the far more secure scrypt hashing algorithm.

Scrypt is a superior hashing algorithm with configurable CPU and memory parameters.
As such, when properly configured, it takes long enough and is secure enough to 
be highly resistant to brute-force attacks.

Enscrypt can be enabled and disabled at-will without interfering with the built-
in WordPress authentication mechanism.

## Installation

Outside of having an appropriate WordPress version, the only necessary dependency
to use Enscrypt is to install the scrypt PECL extension for PHP.

Assuming you’re using Ubuntu Linux and already have the `pecl` PHP package manager
installed, perform the following _as root_:

 1. Install the scrypt package by running: `pecl install scrypt`
 2. Create the module file for PHP by running: `echo "extension=scrypt.so" > /etc/php5/
    mods-available/scrypt.ini`
 3. Enable the module by running: `php5enmod -s ALL scrypt`

If you are using another operating system, you will need to adjust these instructions
to accomplish the same result for your OS. If you do not have `pecl` installed, 
refer to this answer: [http://askubuntu.com/questions/403327/install-pecl-packages-on-ubuntu#answer-403348](http://askubuntu.com/questions/403327/install-pecl-packages-on-ubuntu)

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Enscrypt” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ faazshift ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/faazshift/)

[Translate “Enscrypt” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/enscrypt)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/enscrypt/), check out
the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/enscrypt/), or subscribe 
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## Changelog

#### 1.0

 * Basic functional implementation of Enscrypt working and tested on single site
   WordPress.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **11 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.2.39**
 * Tags
 * [auth](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/auth/)[authentication](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/authentication/)
   [hash](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/hash/)[login](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/login/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/enscrypt/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ faazshift ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/faazshift/)

## Support

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