How to setup 2-Factor Authentication (2FA/MFA) for BuddyPress login form?

Overview

BuddyPress login form an open-source social networking software package. It is a plugin that can be installed on WordPress to transform it into a social networking platform. The WordPress 2FA Plugin authenticates users by sending a One-Time Passcode(OTP) over SMS and email verification before submitting BuddyPress login form.

The purpose of this guide is to enable 2FA for BuddyPress login form. To use it with 2FA, go to the forms page in the WordPress admin and change the default login form for WordPress 2-Factor Authentication(2FA) plugin.

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To configure WordPress 2FA on BuddyPress login form, you will need to install the miniOrange WordPress 2FA plugin and BuddyPress login form.

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Configuration Steps

Follow these steps to setup Two Factor Authentication (2FA) on the BuddyPress Login form.

Step 1: Installation for 2-Factor Authentication (2FA) plugin

Open the WordPress dashboard, navigate to the Plugins section, and select Add New Plugin.

BuddyPress Login Page 2fa - WordPress Dashboard

Search for the Google Authenticator plugin in the search bar and click Install Now to install the plugin.

BuddyPress Login Page 2fa - Search plugin name

Now, click on the Activate button.

BuddyPress Login Page 2fa - Activate Plugin

After activating the plugin, the following setup wizard screen appears.
Now click on the Skip Setup Wizard button.

BuddyPress Login Page 2fa - Skip Setup Wizard

Step 2: User Select the Specific Role for Authentication

Navigate to the Login Settings tab and Enable 2FA.
Select the checkbox next to the user role for which you want to enable 2FA, then click the Save Settings button.

BuddyPress Login Page 2fa - Select specific user Role

Step 3: 2-Factor Authentication(2FA) Configuration with WordPress BuddyPress login form

Now, go to your BuddyPress Login Form page.
Enter your WordPress login credentials on the BuddyPress login form and click on the Login button.

BuddyPress Login Page 2fa - click login button

miniOrange provides multiple 2-factor authentication (2FA) methods for WordPress as shown in the image below.
You can select any 2FA method of your choice, but for the BuddyPress Login form, we will configure Google Authenticator by selecting it from the list of available 2FA methods.

BuddyPress Login Page 2fa - select 2FA Method

Now install Google Authenticator app on your phone and scan the QR code from the current page.
Once this is done, the Google Authenticator Application will provide you with the six digits 2FA code to verify your identity. Enter this 2FA code in the field below and click on the Verify button.

BuddyPress Login Page 2fa - Click Verify button

Step 4: 2-Factor Authentication (2FA) Invoke with BuddyPress Login page

Now open the incognito window in your browser and type your website’s URL.
On trying to login into the WordPress account, the BuddyPress login page will be prompted. Enter your account credentials and click on the Login button.

After entering the credentials, the Google Authenticator method will be prompted as a second factor for BuddyPress login form. Now enter the six digits 2FA Code from the Google Authenticator app and click on the Validate button.

BuddyPress Login Page 2fa - Enter One time Passcode

You will now be logged in to the WordPress dashboard with 2FA/MFA (Google Authenticator) successfully configured using the BuddyPress login form.

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