How to Setup Passwordless Login (Login by OTP)

Passwordless Login feature provides you with less stress on your customer's memory to remember the password every time they log in, making the login experience great.

2 min read·Updated May 12, 2026
How to Setup Passwordless Login (Login by OTP)

The Passwordless Login feature provides your customers with frictionless access without the stress of remembering traditional passwords. This dramatically speeds up return customer conversions and secures authentications via single-use secure codes, similar to our Checkout OTP system.


Available login methods

All you have to do is activate the preferred login methods inside your backend configuration and adjust notification templates to personalize content.

Login Config Interface
Login Method Configuration

Interface for enabling and customizing different login methods including WhatsApp OTP, Email, and traditional passwords.

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You can offer combinations including:

  • WhatsApp OTP Direct Relay
  • Email Single-Use Passcode
  • Traditional Email + Password Hybrid
  • All channels active concurrently for maximum user flexibility

Ensure you preserve the {{otp}} short-tag placeholder within your message templates to successfully transmit dynamically generated passcodes to verification clients.


Default Login Method

Choose the specific delivery channel users should be initially presented with upon visiting the access portal. Setting explicit defaults skips initial selection loading times for the visitor and funnels logins through your most reliable carrier channel.

Primary Channel Selection
Default Authentication Channel

Selecting the primary login method that appears to users by default for a faster entry experience.

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Redirection Rules

Dictate global navigational behavior specifically depending on user system roles.

For instance, streamline distinct groups seamlessly:

  • Administrator: Auto-route internally to admin dashboards.
  • Customer: Channel to active WooCommerce order status boards.
  • Subscribers: Land them directly on exclusive landing hubs or homepage roots.

Click Add Redirection Rule to start logic flows.

Intelligent Redirect Mapping
User Redirection Rules

Configuring custom landing pages for different user roles (Admin, Customer, Subscriber) after a successful login.

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Form Style

Adapt visual components, typography, alignment, and descriptive subheadings to fit perfectly nested within native site architecture.

Visual Editor Panel
Login Form Visual Editor

Customization panel for adjusting the design, colors, and layout of the passwordless login form.

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Need to daisy-chain third-party functionalities into the Wawp Login stack? (e.g. Google reCAPTCHA security checks, or Social Network API authenticators). Simply inject correct Shortcode Hooks into the final configurations slot and press Save Changes. For new user signups, we recommend using the Wawp Registration Form.

External Script Injection Hook
External Shortcode Integration

Slot for injecting third-party shortcodes like reCAPTCHA or social login buttons into the Wawp login form.

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Visual Live Outcome:

Once active, visitors will interface with this streamlined frictionless login flow immediately:

End-User Login UX Example
Passwordless Login Preview

Real-world example of the frictionless OTP login interface as seen by website visitors.

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