Title: Admin Security
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Admin Security

 *  [gizmo36](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gizmo36/)
 * (@gizmo36)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-security/)
 * Hi
 * Just after some advice
 * With my sites admin login I have the option of using for the username field either
   email or username, I wondered if it could my the admin easier to hack so wondered
   if there is a way just to have the username only instead an email address to 
   login with.

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 *  Thread Starter [gizmo36](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gizmo36/)
 * (@gizmo36)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-security/#post-7271974)
 * so from
 * email or username
 * password
 * to
 * username
 * password on the login
 *  [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * (@catacaustic)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-security/#post-7272094)
 * > I wondered if it could my the admin easier to hack
 * No, it doesn’t. 🙂
 * The security is 100% in your password. Usernames are not secure, and are not 
   meant to be secure. As an example, think of Gmail. Your usernmae there is your
   email address – which anyone that has ever received an email from you knows. 
   Does that make it any less secure? No it doesn’t, because it’s the password that
   is the secret key that keeps the accounts “safe”.
 * If you are concerned there’s various [2-factor-authentication](https://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=2fa)
   plugins available that will make it harder for users to log in.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-security/#post-7272094)
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