User activation

User activation is a crucial step in onboarding new users, ensuring they are legitimate and ready to engage with your platform. Frontegg equips you with two popular methods for user activation — via a magic link or with a 6-digit activation code sent to users upon sign-up or when you send them an invitation.

Magic links vs. Magic codes

Frontegg offers user activation either via a Magic link, sent to the user email, or via a 6-digit code (Magic code), which requires the user to insert a code sent to their email to complete the activation. While Magic links provide a seamless user experience, they are one-time use only, which often leads to a failure state page upon subsequent clicks. This problem is growing with the use of link crawlers by many customers as part of their email delivery service, which can cause the link to be clicked before the user even receives the email. To solve this, Frontegg offers to enact a Magic code activation, with a 6-digit code sent via email to users and requires them to manually enter the code into the application. This method maintains the user's flow within the app and is considered more secure than Magic links as it reduces the risk of unauthorized access if the email is compromised.

Configuring user activation methods

The portal makes it easy to choose your preferred user activation method. Choose between Magic code or Magic link activation for User activation and User invitation scenarios.

Step 1: Choose your environment

Go to the Frontegg portal and select your desired environment. The user activation configuration you create will be applicable only to that environment.

Step 2: Go to the User activation tab

Go to Authentication -> User activation, and choose which activation method to enforce for your users. You can choose different methods for User activation and User invitaion, if you prefer.

Step 3: Save the configuration

Save the configuration. They new settings will be applied instantly.