Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) is a process where the user needs to authenticate the account through an additional method, after authenticating the account with the correct login details. This technique is used to strengthen the security of the account by not allowing just anyone with the correct username and password to log in to the site. The additional authentication methods involves the verification of the account using something personal such as a phone or an email account.
Now, the attacker has to find the login details of an account as well as gain access to the personal account or equipment of the user in order to get access to the account. Therefore, the process of breaking into a user account.
In this recipe, we are going to use an existing plugin to implement 2FA with the use of email verification as the second...