Login to your WordPress Website without Typing the Password

As  is common knowledge, two-factor authentication is necessary for increasing the security of WordPress websites. Once enabled, you’ll need a one-time password generated on your phone, in addition to your existing WordPress username and password, to log into the website. WordPress has not included 2-factor authentication in the core yet but there are WordPress pluginsthat will easily add this layer of security to your website.

The only downside of adding 2-factor authentication is that you need to type a few extra digits on the login screen before you are allowed in. And if you have a handful of WordPress websites to manage, this can be a bit time consuming.

This week I discovered Clef and it will completely changes the way you log into your WordPress websites. With Clef installed, you can log into your website by simply waving the mobile phone at the computer screen. Clef also secures your site with 2-factor authentication but you don’t have to type any username or password nor do you have to wait for the one-time tokens.

Login into WordPress Automatically

Getting started is easy. You install the Clef plugin on your website (it is available in the official WordPress plugin repository) and download the Clef app on your mobile phone. The app is available for both iPhone and Android phones.

Clef will replace the default login screen of your WordPress website with an animation that resembles a moving wave. You scan this “wave” with the Clef app on your phone and voila! You are logged in instantly. You don’t have toremember passwords and this will even work if your phone is not connected to the Internet.

One more thing. You can use Clef to log into your WordPress website from the mobile browser as well. In this case, you don’t have to scan the “wave” but you’ll be automatically redirected to the Clef app on the phone and it will log you in. It can’t get any simpler than this.

And if you ever lose your mobile phone, you can also always deactivate your device by paying a visit to getclef.com/lost. Do not fret because you can still get into your Clef enabled WordPress website with the old school method – your username and password.

Installing a Blogger theme

This tutorial will get your newly acquired Blogger theme up and running on your blog in just a few minutes. This tutorial is for Blogger themes only. If you want to know how to add a theme to Wordpress, check our guide on installing Wordpress themes.

1. Open a new tab or window and go to Blogger.com.
2. Log in to the website. If you are already logged in, look for this window:

3.Click the Manage layout link at the bottom.

4.Now you should see your blog's template. Here you can move sidebar items (called widgets) and add new ones. However, your first task is changing your theme.

5.In the menu, choose edit HTML.

6.When you arrive at the Edit HTML page, it's a good idea to back up your existing template. Click the download full template link to do so.

7.When you made sure you've got a backup of the old template on your hard drive, it's time to change your old template to a new one.

8.Find the ZIP archive you downloaded from this website and unzip/unrar it.

9.In the folder contained in the archive, there are three files: license.txt, readme.txt and themename.xml . For instance, if you downloaded the Grandaddy deluxe theme, the .xml file will be named grandaddydeluxe.xml or something similar.

Now you have 2 options.

Either open the .xml file in a plain text editor (like Notepad on Windows) and copy paste the contents to the edit template field.

Or, use the restore template function to upload your new template. This seems illogical, but it's the easiest way to add a new theme.

Click the browse button and find the .xml file on your hard drive. Hit the upload button.

Don't forget to save your template.

Presto! Your blog has officially been pimped.

Installing a Wordpress theme

Installing a Wordpress theme

Installing a Wordpress theme is fast and easy. However, it should be noted that if your blog is hosted by Wordpress, you cannot use custom downloaded themes. How can you tell? If your blog URL looks like http://www.blogname.wordpress.com/, it's hosted by Wordpress, meaning you can't install custom themes.

However, if you have your own domain and self-hosted blog running Wordpress, here's how to change your theme:

1. Connect to your server with an FTP client and navigate to your wordpress folder. You should see a bunch of files and folders, including wp-content and wp-admin.
2. Now navigate to wp-content/themes/ . If you don't have any custom themes, you will see two folders there: default and classic. These are the two themes that ship with a default Wordpress installation.
3. Unzip the ZIP archive you downloaded from this website. It will contain a folder with the theme name, a readme txt file, and a license txt file
4. Upload the theme folder to the wp-content/themes/ folder on your web server. Make sure the upload finishes before you close your FTP client.
5. Log in to the admin area of your website (by appending /wp-admin/ to the URL)
6. Now navigate to Navigation > Themes.

    7. The newly uploaded theme should be available under available themes. For example, if you downloaded Apple trees for Wordpress:

    8. Click the theme link to use the theme.

    9. Presto! Your Wordpress blog or website has officialy been pimped.