How to setup Authy Authenticator for WordPress 2 Factor Authentication plugin?

Let's begin with the Authy Authenticator setup with the miniOrange Two-Factor Authentication plugin and secure the user’s WordPress account.

Pre-requisites For Setting Up Authy Authenticator as 2FA method.

Before setting up Authy, ensure you have:

• A WordPress site with the miniOrange two-factor authentication plugin installed on your WordPress website. (free version now!)
• Install the Authy Authenticator app on your device. Here’s how you can do this quickly

  For Android:

  1. Open the Google Play Store on your device.
  2. Search for Authy Authenticator.
  3. Tap Install to download and install the app.

  For iOS:

  1. Open the Apple App Store for iOS on your device.
  2. Search for Authy Authenticator.
  3. Tap Get to download and install the app.

Getting started with the Authy Authenticator setup

Let’s see how an administrator can set up Auty Authenticator for users. There are two straightforward methods to accomplish this:

1. Using the Setup Wizard
2. Through the plugin’s Dashboard

1. Authy Authenticator Setup through Setup Wizard

The Setup Wizard launches immediately after successfully installing and activating the WordPress 2FA plugin. The Wizard walks you through the entire process of setting up 2FA. (For the purposes of this guide, I will be selecting Authy Authenticator.)

Following steps that are given below, you can easily setup Authy Authenticator method as 2fa for your users.

Step 1: After activating the plugin, the following setup wizard screen appears

• Click on the Let’s get started! button.


Step 2: The wizard guides you to choose any one options for inline registration.
There are two option under inline registration:-

• Choose the first option “User should setup 2FA during first login.”
  Choosing this option as name suggests will make user’s compulsorily configure 2FA methods (in this case Authy Authenticator).
• Click on the Continue Setup button.


Step 3: Next you are guided to choose the user’s role for which you want to set Authy authenticator as 2FA method.

• Choose the ”All users” option to set 2FA for all and click on the Continue Setup button.

OR

• Choose only for a specific roles option.
• Select the particular role for which you want to set 2FA. (As administrator has been chosen here. This will set the Authy Authenticator method as 2FA only for the administrator's role.)
• Then, click on the Continue Setup button.


Step 4: There are again two options:-

1. Users should be directly enforced for 2FA Setup:- If you don’t want to give your users any period to set 2FA you can go with the first option.
Users will have to set 2FA during their first login to gain access to the account.

2. Give users a grace period to configure 2FA:- choosing this option will allow you to give your users a certain grace period within which users will be required to set their 2FA. Users will have to set 2FA after expiration of the grace period.

• Choose the “Users should be directly enforced for 2FA Setup” option and click on the All Done button.

• You have successfully configured the two-factor authentication.