Title: disable Two-Factor Authentication / user
Last modified: March 5, 2026

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# disable Two-Factor Authentication / user

 *  Resolved [comunicazion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/comunicazion/)
 * (@comunicazion)
 * [3 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-two-factor-authentication-user/)
 * Hello, we’re having trouble disabling this feature for a specific user from their
   user profile. When we save, it reappears enabled. Is there a way to disable Two-
   Factor Authentication (2FA) via Email? Is it possible to disable 2FA only for
   that user, perhaps via wp-config? Thanks.

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 *  Plugin Author [Sully](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ss88_uk/)
 * (@ss88_uk)
 * [3 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-two-factor-authentication-user/#post-18842121)
 * Morning [@comunicazion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/comunicazion/),
 * Do you have any of the following set in your wp-config.php file:
 * `SS88_2FAVE_ENABLE_ALL`, `SS88_2FAVE_ENABLE_ADMINS`, `SS88_2FAVE_ENABLE_EDITORS`,`
   SS88_2FAVE_ENABLE_CONTRIBUTORS`, or `SS88_2FAVE_ENABLE_SUBSCRIBERS`
 * If so, the toggle will not work as the above will override the toggle.
 * Could you also check your database after you’ve made a change to a user in `wp_usermeta`
   and look for `SS88_2FAVE_Enabled`? If the value is `1` it means it’s enabled 
   and a value of `0` would mean it’s disabled. If it’s 0 and you’ve disabled it,
   there could be object cache caching the old result.
 * Let me know, thanks!
   Sully
 *  Thread Starter [comunicazion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/comunicazion/)
 * (@comunicazion)
 * [3 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-two-factor-authentication-user/#post-18842135)
 * Hi, yes, I had `define('SS88_2FAVE_ENABLE_ALL', true);` enabled. But of course,
   if I disable it, all users are disabled. My initial question was whether, once
   enabled, I can create that specific exception for a user, either from wp-config
   or manually. I know I can’t do it manually because, as you indicated, `define('
   SS88_2FAVE_ENABLE_ALL', true);` takes precedence. Do you have any other suggestions?
   Thanks for your help.
 *  Plugin Author [Sully](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ss88_uk/)
 * (@ss88_uk)
 * [3 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-two-factor-authentication-user/#post-18842144)
 * Thanks for responding. At this time the plugin is not able to accommodate that
   feature however, I do think it would be a good one to add it via wp-config.php.
   At this time I do not have an estimated date of when this would be released.
 * If you are happy with coding, you can use the isEnabled filter: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/two-factor-2fa-via-email/#can%20i%20override%20the%20isenabled%20function%3F](https://wordpress.org/plugins/two-factor-2fa-via-email/#can%20i%20override%20the%20isenabled%20function%3F)
 * That would allow you to code up something to check and disable based on ID however,
   you would need to comment out `SS88_2FAVE_ENABLE_ALL` in order for it to work.
 * Thanks,
   Sully
 *  Thread Starter [comunicazion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/comunicazion/)
 * (@comunicazion)
 * [3 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-two-factor-authentication-user/#post-18842146)
 * Thank you for your support

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 * Last activity: [3 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-two-factor-authentication-user/#post-18842146)
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