Title: Multisite users cannot configure 2FA
Last modified: March 11, 2024

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# Multisite users cannot configure 2FA

 *  Resolved [margarita – boomCodes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/margaritaperc/)
 * (@margaritaperc)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-users-cannot-configure-2fa/)
 * Hi there,
 * On a multisite, subscribers must register to access the frontend of the entire
   root site. When this happens, they are just network users with no subsites attached
   to them.
 * I’ve created a custom user page, but the 2FA configuration options are only visible
   if the user is also attached to a subsite. Is it possible for non-subsite users
   to configure 2FA?

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 *  Plugin Contributor [robertabela](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robert681/)
 * (@robert681)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-users-cannot-configure-2fa/#post-17494324)
 * Thank you for trying our plugin Margaritaperc.
 * With WP 2FA you can enforce 2FA on users based on roles. Since network users 
   who are not attached to a subsite have no role / privileges (apart from logging
   in) there is no way how you can enforce / allow such users to configure 2FA.
 * This is by design: we always thought that typically, a user will always be associated
   with a website or have a role. Maybe we are wrong. What is your use case here?
   We’d like to learn to we can better support such set ups; why would you have 
   users without a role on a subsite? What is the use of such users?
 * Thank you in advance for your time and for sharing the details.
 * Looking forward to hearing from you.
 *  Thread Starter [margarita – boomCodes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/margaritaperc/)
 * (@margaritaperc)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-users-cannot-configure-2fa/#post-17497453)
 * Thank you for your feedback!
 * In our use case, we only need subscribers to access the frontend and their network
   status – without assigning them to a subsite – was enough for them to log in.
 * But it’s still confusing to me: I can define what is the default registration
   role, but the user doesn’t really get it after activation. Or a user has registered
   to a specific site, but after activation the user is still not part of the site.
 * Btw… I just found how to hook on the user activation and automatically assign
   them to a subsite… so basically I’m fine with this solution.
    -  This reply was modified 2 years, 2 months ago by [margarita - boomCodes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/margaritaperc/).
    -  This reply was modified 2 years, 2 months ago by [margarita - boomCodes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/margaritaperc/).
 *  Plugin Contributor [robertabela](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robert681/)
 * (@robert681)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-users-cannot-configure-2fa/#post-17501643)
 * If I am not mistaken, the default role is used for when a user is added to a 
   site. When a user is not added to any sub site, they have no roles.
 * I am glad you found a solution for this. Should you need any additional information
   from our end, please do not hesitate to ask.

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 * Last activity: [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-users-cannot-configure-2fa/#post-17501643)
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