The Two Factor Plugin is currently on a…

The Two-Factor PluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party is currently on a brief hiatus, while we work on splitting off it’s Application Passwords feature into a smaller, solo feature pluginFeature Plugin A plugin that was created with the intention of eventually being proposed for inclusion in WordPress Core. See Features as Plugins..

https://github.com/georgestephanis/application-passwords/

Application Passwords was initially a sub-feature of Two-Factor Authentication, but due to the fact that we had very little confidence in Two-Factor being ready for the 4.5 cycle, we spun off a nearly-complete sub-feature that may mesh very well with the existing REST APIREST API The REST API is an acronym for the RESTful Application Program Interface (API) that uses HTTP requests to GET, PUT, POST and DELETE data. It is how the front end of an application (think “phone app” or “website”) can communicate with the data store (think “database” or “file system”) https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/..

Application Passwords lets each user choose to generate “Application Passwords” — randomly generated 16-character alphanumeric codes, that are only displayed to the user once, upon creation. These passwords can be revoked either individually or all at once, and track usage, so in the adminadmin (and super admin) UIUI User interface you can view the most recent IP and Date that the password in question was used.

The passwords are only valid for non-interactive prompts. That is, for use with our XML-RPC and REST APIs. They can not be used on `wp-login.php` or to access the admin panel. The idea is that each application you connect to your WordPress account — a mobile app, if this then that, Microsoft Word, or some sort of local blogging software, they all have their own password that can be revoked if the device is lost or no longer in usage, all without dispensing full access to your account.

For folks building a quick one-off script that needs to tie into WordPress, this is far simpler than using the obscure oAuth version that CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. has to use because we can’t guarantee HTTPSHTTPS HTTPS is an acronym for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure. HTTPS is the secure version of HTTP, the protocol over which data is sent between your browser and the website that you are connected to. The 'S' at the end of HTTPS stands for 'Secure'. It means all communications between your browser and the website are encrypted. This is especially helpful for protecting sensitive data like banking information., and far more secure than the existing “use your account password for api calls” standalone plugin, that many folks would likely choose to default to otherwise.

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Code reviews, issues, and pull requests are very welcome.

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