Yubikey for WordPress Plugin Directory
Yubikey is a WordPress app, with a 5.0 average rating from 1 review, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Yubikey is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Kieran O'Shea. With a rating of 5.0★ from 1 reviews.
AppRanks verdict
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Yubikey is a category-leading WordPress app with a limited review volume. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. 1 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (5.0★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by Kieran O'Shea — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (1) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Yubikey works
This plugin dramatically enhances the security of your WordPress website by adding Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) in the form of One Time Passwords (OTP)
using Yubikey USB Tokens. In addition to providing your username and password to login, this plugin requests an OTP code
generated by a Yubikey, validates this via an API and only grants access if this check passes. The requirement to use an OTP can be set on a user by user
basis and there is also a feature to require users above a certain privilege level to always use OTP.
External services This plugin connects to an API to validate the OTP tokens generated by your security key. This is required because storing the private keys
on the same web server as the site you wish to protect would be a security risk.
By default Yubico’s own validation server is employed, although you may setup your own server and use this instead
The default Yubico API only collects the one time password (OTP) data as provided by your security key when you login. The service validates this
and then stores this token as “used” so it may not be replayed as part of an attack. It does not collect any other data (such as what URL is being
authenticated using the key etc.)
This service is provided by “Yubico AB”: Privacy Policy, Terms of Use
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Frequently asked questions
What is Yubikey?
Yubikey is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 5.0-star rating from 1 merchant review, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Kieran O'Shea.