To use FluentAuth or not?
Just curious, I am creating a brand new Community site with FC and I'm wondering if I should use the FluentAuth plugin with FluentCommunity?
Yea, Nay; why or why not?
I don't recommend it because it adds "extra steps" for the user. It's a community website, not a bank login.
- frustration
- waste of time
- not that fancy of a belly & whistle product
- not your responsibility to worry about other user security
- list goes on and on...
It's the year 2026, anyone not using a password manager is fair game. If you really want magic login links, sent via email, or 2FA one-time codes, this might be a good fit for you but I, like many, hate all this password nonsense that was introduced last 5 to 10 years. It's horrendous... and it doesn't even work.
Deckard Cain Thanks for the advice. I don't remember using it the last time I was using FC about a year ago. I thought then that the "security" of the FC plugin was pretty good within itself. I also use Wordfence and Cloudflare WAF Rules. So, that should be sufficient enough, right?
So, that should be sufficient enough, right?
Overkill in my opinion!
Sufficient? 😅
Just depends what your looking for, I favor MAX performance over anything else. Never been a fan of Wordfence... it's just a big bloat beast... 7MB is insane and not worth the trade-off imo. I think best practice security/hardening is done at web host level... CF does a great job!
I can't use it because it use email as a username 💁♂️
Diego Maradona Ok, thanks.
It's a must for me... I use it because it protects my site and has different logins methods