WP-WebAuthn Plugin

WebAuthn is a new way for you to authenticate in web. It helps you replace your passwords with devices like Passkeys, USB Keys, fingerprint scanners, Windows Hello compatible cameras, FaceID/TouchID and more. Using WebAuthn, you can login to your a website with a glance or touch.

When using WebAuthn, you just need to click once and perform a simple verification on the authenticator, then you are logged in. No password needed. If your device supports Passkey, your authenticator can roam seamlessly across multiple devices for a more convenient login experience.

WP-WebAuthn is a plug-in for WordPress to enable WebAuthn on your site. Just download and install it, and you are in the future of web authentication.

WP-WebAuthn also supports usernameless authentication.

This plugin has 4 built-in shortcodes and 4 built-in Gutenberg blocks, so you can add components like register form to frontend pages.

Please refer to the documentation before using the plugin.

PHP extensions gmp and mbstring are required.

WebAuthn requires HTTPS connection or localhost to function normally.

You can contribute to this plugin on GitHub.

Please note that this plugin does NOT support Internet Explorer (including IE 11). To use FaceID or TouchID, you need to use iOS/iPadOS 14+.

Security and Privacy

WebAuthn has become a W3C Recommendation since March 2019, which enabling the creation and use of strong, attested, scoped, public key-based credentials by web applications, for the purpose of strongly authenticating users using hardware authenticators. WebAuthn focuses on both security and privacy, it offers the possibility to create a secure authentication process without having to transfer any private data such as recognition data and fingerprint data. It will be the future of web authentication.

GDPR Friendly

When authenticating with WebAuthn, no private data will leave user’s device and no third-party involvement. The credentials transferred are not associate to any user’s information but only for authentication. It’s GDPR Friendly.

Notice: PHP extensions gmp and mbstring are required.

1. Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/wp-webauthn directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
3. Use the Settings->WP-WebAuthn screen to configure the plugin
4. Make sure that all settings are set, and you can start to register authenticators in your profile page

1. 

   Verifying

2. 

   Verifying without username on iPad

3. 

   The login page

4. 

   The settings page

5. 

   Profile

1.3.1

Update: Translations

1.3.0

Add: Allow to login with email addresses
Add: Disable password reset
Add: After user registration
Add: Spanish-Latam translation (thanks to Eduardo Chongkan), Catalan translation (thanks to Aniol Pagès), Spanish and Italian translations (thanks to AlwaysReading)
Fix: Undefined username in Gutenberg Blocks
Fix: 2FA compatibility
Update: Translations
Update: Third party libraries

1.2.8

Fix: privilege check for admin panel

1.2.7

Add: Now a security warning will be shown if user verification is disabled
Fix: Style broken with some locales
Fix: privilege check for admin panel (thanks to @vanpop)
Update: Third party libraries

1.2.6

Update: Third party libraries

1.2.5

Update: German translation (thanks to niiconn)
Fix: HTTPS check

1.2.4

Add: French translation (thanks to Spomky) and Turkish translate (thanks to Sn0bzy)
Fix: HTTPS check
Update: Existing translations
Update: Third party libraries

1.2.3

Feat: Avoid locking users out if WebAuthn is not available
Update: translations
Update: Third party libraries

1.2.2

Fix: Cannot access to js files in apache 2.4+

1.2.1

Feat: Allow to disable password login completely
Feat: Now we use WordPress transients instead of PHP sessions
Feat: Move register related settings to user’s profile
Feat: Gutenberg block support
Feat: Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong) & Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation
Update: Chinese translation
Update: Third-party libraries

1.1.0

Add: Allow to remember login option
Add: Only allow a specific type of authenticator option
Fix: Toggle button may not working in login form
Update: Chinese translation
Update: Third-party libraries