Best KeePass Plugins - 9 Extensions That Will Make Your Life Easier

the keepass password manager offers a huge library of plugins and extensions and in this video we'll be talking about the absolute best ones that will make your life so much easier enjoy installing keepass plugins is easy all you have to do is download the extension and move it to the plugins folder inside of your main keepass folder restart keepass and you're done but now let's take a look at the absolute best keepass plugins number one key anywhere many of you guys have asked me in the past how i am keeping track of my keepass database on all my different devices of course you could always just go ahead and download the portable version of keepass and drop it into your cloud storage of choice but key anywhere offers a solution that is a lot more elegant than that it supports many different cloud search providers like dropbox google drive onedrive or even amazon aws s3 and make synchronization between all your devices a whole lot easier key anywhere can create simple automatic backups and has a deep integration into keepasscore functions which makes it very easy to use if you're using multiple computers like i do synchronizing your entire keypass folder might still be the better choice for you though especially because then all your plugins and settings will be the same on every single device since i often switch computers i do actually prefer to do it this way but if you only use one computer and don't need to synchronize plugins and settings across multiple devices key anywhere is a simple and convenient solution number two yet another faith icon downloader and x the icon picker the grouping and sorting functions in keepass are pretty decent by default but these two plugins allow you to extract icons from your executables or websites which you can then use as group or entry icons it's a small little addition but one that will give you a better overview of your groups and entries and if you're obsessed with neat structures like i am you will love these two plugins number three url in title bar many websites have generic page titles which can sometimes make it hard for keepass to find the right entry unlike other plugins in this video this one isn't something you install in keepass though the url and titlebar plugin is available for firefox chrome and oprah and adds the url to the browser's window title if you enable url matching in the keepass settings and install that plugin in your browser you'll be able to use the autotype feature again which will make your life so much easier because keepass will finally be able to match your entries again next up number four hibp offline check you might have heard of the have i been point website in the past which is a popular breach checker what if i told you that you can use a keepass plugin to check all your entries automatically against any leaks on the web the hivp offline check plugin supports online and offline checking and i would recommend to use the offline version because then not even a small hash part of the password will be transferred to another server this however requires you to download a large text file from the have i been punt website and you will have to update that file from time to time to stay safe online checking is of course more convenient and uses the k anonymity mode for better safety but might still not be as secure as the offline mode so be aware of that number five kp 2fa checker strong passwords are very important for the security of your accounts but what happens if someone is still able to find out that's where multiple factor authentication comes into play which asks for another password that is randomly created and updated every few seconds on a secondary device like your smartphone for example now if you set up entries with urls in your keepass database there's a plugin called kp2f8 checker that shows you whether a specific domain supports two-factor authentication or not this is useful because you can then just go through every single entry and check whether you have two-factor authentication enabled or not and if you have two-factor authentication enabled your account will be a lot safer number six keepass qr code view did you know that you can use qr codes with keepass i certainly didn't but the potential is huge especially if you have very long passwords and don't have any password manager app on your smartphone this will save you a lot of time because you don't have to manually read and paste every single character just to give you an example this could be useful if you don't have access to your password database on your smartphone scanning the qr code is safe and simple and gives you immediate access to your password or other data this means that you don't have to manually copy every single character and can save you a lot of time and headache if you have very long passwords number seven quick search you can of course always perform a search action using ctrl f in your keypass password manager but sometimes this is still too slow and that's where the quick search plugin for keepass comes into play as you type the interface updates itself and shows the entries that fits your current search query which is different from the native keepass quick search that only shows you the corresponding entries after you press enter and if you want to you can disable the native quick search in the options of the plugin so that you're only left with a better one the plugin has some additional search options that allow you to choose where to search and enable case sensitive searching or searching in expired entries all in all this is a really helpful plugin that integrates perfectly with the core functions of keepass number eight entry templates for keepass keepass is great for storing passwords but when it comes to other data like credit card numbers or multiple passwords for one entry security numbers or questions etc there are no templates that you could use but there is a great plugin that is called entry templates for keepass that adds that functionality it allows you to create templates that you can then use for different types of data that way you can basically save anything you want and transform your keypass password manager into a safe haven for any type of data number nine kp enhanced entry view if you want to get a quick overview of all the data that is stored in an entry the kp enhanced entry view is another plugin that is worth checking out it allows you to modify entries on the fly add text to the notes or simply drag and drop attachments to a specific entry without even opening it you can also use this plugin in a read-only mode so that you don't accidentally modify any of the entries without opening them it gives you a better overview of your data is simple to use and integrates perfectly with keepass and that's why i can only highly recommend this plugin now there are definitely even more great plugins for keepass like key or keepassrpc for example which make browser integration even more comfortable but always remember not all plugins are created equal and some might even introduce a risk for the security of all your passwords while i was doing the research for this video i found this post right here that talks about a critical security update for keepass rpc which is a plugin that enables encrypted communication between your keepass database and the key browser plugin just to name one example things like these can happen the key plugin can definitely save you time by pasting your username and password in the corresponding form fields in your browser but i think that security is still more important here and the native autotype feature with the two-channel autotype obfuscation is just as convenient if you get a hang of it and set everything up properly and this is the reason why although i really like all of these plugins you should always be careful when you add new plugins to your keepass password manager or any password manager in general if you want to be as safe as possible and don't need the icon downloader plugin or automatic update checking it might be a good idea to just block all the traffic that is going through keepass using your firewall comfortable solutions are often not the most secure ones so please promise me to be careful here alright by the way if you haven't installed keepass on all your devices yet i have a playlist with tutorials for that in the video description down below if there are any other plugins that you guys are using and can recommend then just let me and everyone else know in the comments down below and don't hesitate to ask if you have any further questions so yeah these are the best keepass plugins that i have found and i'm personally using i really hope this video was helpful for you and if it was then make sure to leave a thumbs up and subscribe to this channel to not miss any future content thank you so much for watching and i'll see you in the next one

Channel: Valentin Kossenko

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Id: 5JD6bBDCs2A

Length: 7min 59sec (479 seconds)

Published: Thu May 13 2021