by Axton 4.5 (17 reviews)

WP-WebAuthn

Name: WP-WebAuthn
Rating: 4.5 (17 reviews)
Author: Axton

WP-WebAuthn enables passwordless login through FIDO2 and U2F devices like Passkey, FaceID or Windows Hello for your site.

WP-WebAuthn ranks #4,359 among WordPress.org plugins with 2,000+ active installations, is #149 of 1,578 in the Authentication category, a 4.5/5 rating from 17 reviews, and was last updated Apr 15, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.9 (Current: 7.1)

v1.4.1 Current Version v1.4.1

Updated 5 months ago Last Update on 15 Apr, 2026

Refreshed 11 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#149 of 1,578 in Authentication Top 10% by installs Downloads -32.6% this week

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Review 4.5 out of 5

4.5 (17 reviews)

Next Milestone 3K

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Reviews & Ratings

4.5

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

3 known vulnerabilities on record · 3 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

Mar 20, 2026 UNPATCHED

WP-WebAuthn [wp-webauthn] <= 1.3.4 (unfixed)

CVE-2025-13910 · No fix released
Sep 30, 2024

WP-WebAuthn [wp-webauthn] < 1.3.2

CVE-2024-47650 · Fixed in v1.3.2
Sep 27, 2024

WP-WebAuthn [wp-webauthn] < 1.3.4

CVE-2024-9023 · Fixed in v1.3.4

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.4.1
Last Updated: Apr 15, 2026
Requires WP: 5.0+
Tested Up To: 6.9
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Axton

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5
Reviews: 17
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

WP-WebAuthn is for WordPress site owners who want to offer passwordless login using FIDO2 and U2F devices like Passkeys, FaceID, or Windows Hello. It replaces traditional password authentication with secure, on-device verification, removing the need to transfer private data during login.

Passwordless login via WebAuthn
Usernameless authentication support
4 built-in shortcodes
4 built-in Gutenberg blocks
BETA multisite support
GDPR friendly authentication
Requires HTTPS or localhost
Requires gmp and mbstring extensions

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about WP-WebAuthn

This plugin supports English, Chinese (Simplified), Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong), Traditional Chinese (Taiwan), Turkish, French & German currently. If you are using WordPress in none of those languages, English will be displayed as default language. All translation files are hosted on translate.wordpress.org and GitHub. You can help us to translate WP-WebAuthn into other languages!

Make sure your are using HTTPS or host your site in localhost. Then check whether you have installed the gmp extension for PHP. If you can't solve the problem, open an issue on GitHub with plugin log.

The latest version of Chrome, FireFox, Edge and Safari are support WebAuthn. You can learn more on Can I Use. To use FaceID or TouchID, you need to use iOS/iPadOS 14+.