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EmailAuth Release status: betaCategory:Beta status extensions
Implementation	User identity Category:User identity extensions
Description	Two-factor authentication via email
Author(s)	Tgrtalk
Latest version	0.1.0
Compatibility policy	Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible.Category:Extensions with release branches compatibility policy
MediaWiki	1.27+Category:Extensions with manual MediaWiki version
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Browse repository (GitHub) Gerrit code review Git commit log Download source tarball Category:Extensions in Wikimedia version control
Help	Help:Extension:EmailAuth
Parameters $wgUnmaskedDomains
Hooks used AuthChangeFormFields Category:AuthChangeFormFields extensions
Hooks provided EmailAuthRequireToken
Quarterly downloads	1 (Ranked 89th)
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Vagrant role	emailauth
Issues	Open tasks · Report a bug

The extension allows secondary authentication via email. While this is less secure than other two-factor methods such as Extension:OATHAuth , this does not have to be set up by the user, it only requires an email address.

The EmailAuthRequireToken hook is used to decide when the second factor is required. Without adding a handler for that hook e.g. in site configuration, the extension will not do anything.

See also

• Help:Extension:EmailAuth
• EmailAuthHooks in WikimediaEvents, for Wikimedia's version of the EmailAuthRequireToken hook.
• wikitech:EmailAuth (Wikimedia operations docs)

This extension is being used on one or more Wikimedia projects. This probably means that the extension is stable and works well enough to be used by such high-traffic websites. Look for this extension's name in Wikimedia's CommonSettings.php and InitialiseSettings.php configuration files to see where it's installed. A full list of the extensions installed on a particular wiki can be seen on the wiki's Special:Version page.