Title: application-specific password
Last modified: August 26, 2018

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# application-specific password

 *  Resolved [hubmacfan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hubmacfan/)
 * (@hubmacfan)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/application-specific-password/)
 * Is it possible to get an application-specific password using this plugin?

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 *  Plugin Author [David Anderson / Team Updraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidanderson/)
 * (@davidanderson)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/application-specific-password/#post-10626754)
 * Hi hubmacfan,
 * What does an application-specific password mean in this context? Usually, it’s
   used to mean a password for an application which can’t use a token-based authentication
   flow (like OAuth), to overcome that deficiency. But in the context of a TFA plugin,
   there is no token-based flow, so it’s not clear what you’re intending?
 * David
 *  Thread Starter [hubmacfan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hubmacfan/)
 * (@hubmacfan)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/application-specific-password/#post-10628269)
 * I upload photos to my WordPress site via an application on my computer. That 
   application uses my username and password to gain access to the media library
   for the upload. Other TFA-plugins I’ve used create app-specific passwords so 
   this can be done without me manually entering the TFA code each time I use this
   app.
 *  Plugin Author [David Anderson / Team Updraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidanderson/)
 * (@davidanderson)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/application-specific-password/#post-10634179)
 * What method is the application using to connect? XMLRPC? There’s an option in
   the plugin settings to allow applications to connect over XMLRPC without a TFA
   code.
 *  [as247](https://wordpress.org/support/users/as247/)
 * (@as247)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/application-specific-password/#post-10818917)
 * Hi [@hubmacfan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hubmacfan/) you can use wp2sv
   plugin it support application password
    [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-2-step-verification/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-2-step-verification/)

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 * Last reply from: [as247](https://wordpress.org/support/users/as247/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/application-specific-password/#post-10818917)
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