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WP 2FA – Two-factor authentication for WordPress
Solid security and great support that might trip up custom checkouts.
HealthyGrowing
87/100
The plugin provides reliable security and excellent support despite some WooCommerce conflicts.
Active installs
~150,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 100k+
Rating
4.7★
168 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+105%
Growing fast
394 → 807 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +105% in the last year
394/day a year ago→807/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayWP 2FA is well-regarded as a reliable and easy-to-use two-factor authentication plugin with a notably responsive support team, though users running custom WooCommerce payment flows should test carefully as 2FA can break non-standard checkout endpoints.
What people like
- +Support team is consistently praised as fast, responsive, and thorough — even for free-tier users and complex issues×8
- +Easy to set up and use×4
- +Free version is described as feature-rich and functional×2
- +Works well with third-party plugins such as Theme My Login
- +Strong backend and admin security
Common complaints
- −Can break custom WooCommerce payment endpoints or deposit links, causing 'page does not exist' errors for customers
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.73★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
- 17%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 168 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-05-12★★★★★Exactly what's needed, simple UI, always worksartkarr
- 2026-04-27★★★★★Very good plugin, does what it claims.wpusr1
- 2026-04-17★★★★★Multiple OTP codesanjkaushal07
- 2026-04-17★★★★★Very helpful supportmeganchrusciel
- 2026-04-14★★★★★Excellent support and backend security, but conflicts with some WooCommerce flowsamuel5
- 2026-03-30★★★★★Featurerich and working flawlessly with Theme My Loginitspetrus
- 2026-02-25★★★★★Excellent and fast supportIlona de Haan
- 2026-02-24★★★★★Great plugin with great supportwissmannconsulting
- 2026-02-19★★★★★Responsive support teamcospark1-shot
- 2026-02-11★★★★★great pluginpyroahfl
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to WP 2FA
Top Security plugins, ranked by score.For developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
792
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
822
Prior 7-day baseline
446
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
977
Mean release-day peak (30d)
833
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-3.6%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
8%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.72
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
90%
5★ share in analyzed sample
17%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
+30%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.64 → 4.73★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered