Title: Passwordless Entry
Author: JohnoTheCoder
Published: <strong>May 1, 2021</strong>
Last modified: May 1, 2021

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# Passwordless Entry

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

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/passwordless-entry.1.0.0.zip)

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

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/passwordless-entry/)

## Description

WordPress Passwordless Entry is a plugin which allows users to authenticate into
a WordPress installation against an existing account, without knowledge of the password
for that account.

This is done by sending a single time authentication code to the email address for
that user.

The reason I have developed this plugin is that I manage many WordPress installations,
and some are within directories of a domain (meaning multiple sets of user credentials
for the same domain, breaking most browser password memory functionalities).

When users forget their passwords, or are using very secure passwords across multiple
devices, the easiest way back into their account is to request a password reset,
follow the link in their email, set a new password, and then log in using that password.
Repeating this process again every time they wish to authenticate.

If, like me, you use secure passwords generated by Safari or Chrome, you’ll never
remember them. To shorten this workflow, an email is sent to your account (if an
account is found by the specified email) with a link to log in, this link is only
valid for one time use, and is only valid for 5 minutes. The code in the URL is 
generated by WP password generation.

Please note, that for all intents and purposes this does not conform to the specification
of multi-factor authentication, as we do not verify the password of the user (this
would defeat the point of the plugin), instead for two factor authentication we 
suggest using WordFence (we’d advise putting this on your site anyway, to protect
security and authentication).

## Installation

Simply install and activate the plugin, however this plugin does require working
mail functionalities, either through your web hosting, or through a third party 
provider such as Amazon SES or Mailgun etc.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

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

Contributors

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

[Translate “Passwordless Entry” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/passwordless-entry)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/passwordless-entry/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/passwordless-entry/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/passwordless-entry/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/passwordless-entry/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

1.0.0 Initial release with basic single-use-link functionality.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **5 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.7.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.7.15**
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/passwordless-entry/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

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

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/passwordless-entry/)