{"id":659,"date":"2017-02-11T10:05:25","date_gmt":"2017-02-11T10:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wickedrobot.dev\/support\/?p=659"},"modified":"2025-10-08T06:14:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T06:14:52","slug":"how-to-enable-the-two-factor-authentication-on-your-cpanel-account","status":"publish","type":"epkb_post_type_1","link":"https:\/\/wickedrobot.dev\/knowledge-base\/how-to-enable-the-two-factor-authentication-on-your-cpanel-account","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable the Two-Factor Authentication on Your cPanel Account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Security is important for our data safety. We recommend you to enable the Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) on your cPanel account in order to prevent hackers from accessing your cPanel account even if they have somehow obtained your account details.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the Requirements?<\/strong><br \/>\nYou would need a smartphone with a supported time-based one-time password app. Mobile phone OS such as Android, Windows and iOS have an app for 2FA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Enable the Two-Factor Authentication on Your cPanel Account?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1.<\/strong> Log in to your cPanel account.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<strong>2.<\/strong> In the <strong>Security<\/strong> section, click on <strong>Two-Factor Authentication<\/strong>.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/img\/cpanel-two-factor-authentication-icon.gif\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> Click on <strong>Setup Two-Factor Authentication<\/strong>. Under <strong>Step 1<\/strong>, scan the QR code using your Google Authenticator or 2FA Authenticator application. If your APP doesn&#8217;t have a QR code reader, you can manually enter the account name and key number.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/img\/cpanel-two-factor-authentication-pic.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> Under the <strong>Security Code<\/strong>, enter your Two-Factor Authentication code and click on <strong>Configure Two-Factor Authentication<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/img\/cpanel-two-factor-authentication-step2.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It should display a message such as <strong>Success: Two-factor authentication is now configured on your account<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security is important for our data safety. We recommend you to enable the Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) on your cPanel account in order to prevent hackers from accessing your cPanel account even if they have somehow obtained your account details. What are the Requirements? You would need a smartphone with a supported time-based one-time password app. &#8230; <a title=\"How to Enable the Two-Factor Authentication on Your cPanel Account\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wickedrobot.dev\/knowledge-base\/how-to-enable-the-two-factor-authentication-on-your-cpanel-account\" aria-label=\"Read more about How to Enable the Two-Factor Authentication on Your cPanel Account\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"epkb_post_type_1_category":[77],"epkb_post_type_1_tag":[],"class_list":["post-659","epkb_post_type_1","type-epkb_post_type_1","status-publish","hentry","epkb_post_type_1_category-security-cpanel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedrobot.dev\/jipumel\/wp\/v2\/epkb_post_type_1\/659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedrobot.dev\/jipumel\/wp\/v2\/epkb_post_type_1"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedrobot.dev\/jipumel\/wp\/v2\/types\/epkb_post_type_1"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedrobot.dev\/jipumel\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedrobot.dev\/jipumel\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wickedrobot.dev\/jipumel\/wp\/v2\/epkb_post_type_1\/659\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedrobot.dev\/jipumel\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"epkb_post_type_1_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedrobot.dev\/jipumel\/wp\/v2\/epkb_post_type_1_category?post=659"},{"taxonomy":"epkb_post_type_1_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedrobot.dev\/jipumel\/wp\/v2\/epkb_post_type_1_tag?post=659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}