Login with Cognito
WordPress Login with Cognito plugin allows Login ( Single Sign-On ) to WordPress using AWS Cognito account credentials. You can SSO ( Single Sign-on )/Login to your WordPress site with Cognito using this plugin. This plugin uses OAuth protocol to achieve Single Sign-on. It also covers User Authentication with OAuth protocol and allow authorized user to login into WordPress site.
Single Sign-On ( SSO )
In simple term, Single Sign-On ( SSO ) means login into 1 site / application using the credentials of another app/site.
Example. If you have all your Users/Customers/Members/Employees stored on 1 site(ex. gmail, wordpress, etc.), lets say site A and you want all of them to register/login into your WordPress site say site B. In this scenario, you can register/login all your users of site A into Site B using the login credentials/account of Site A. This is called Single Sign-On or SSO.
FEATURES
- WordPress Login with Cognito supports single sign-on / SSO with Cognito domain.
- Single Sign On ( SSO ) Grant Support : Standard OAuth 2.0 Grant : Authorization Code
- Auto Create Users : After SSO, new user automatically gets created in WordPress
- Account Linking : After user SSO to WordPress, if user already exists in WordPress, then his profile gets updated or it will create a new WordPress User
- Attribute Mapping : Login with Cognito supports username Attribute Mapping feature to map WordPress user profile username attribute.
- Login Widget : Use Widgets to easily integrate the login link with your WordPress site
- Redirect URL after Login : OAuth Login Automatically Redirects user after successful login.
No SSL restriction
- Login to WordPress ( WordPress SSO ) using Cognito without having an SSL or HTTPS enabled site.
Download & install the zip archive
The plugin package installer can be downloaded from the WP2E project tab called “code”.
1 – Select the version to download if this option is available otherwise the “latest” version of the main plugin will be used.
2 – After downloading the zip archive install the plugin package installer in you local environment and activate the script from the plugin list.
3 – Under the section “Plugins” of the admin dashboard you should see a new “Dependencies & Licenses” link. Follow the instructions from this panel to finalize the installation of the missing dependencies.
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- Give a name to your project
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- Download the Installer Package
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- Install & activate the plugin locally
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- Install the suggested dependencies
Tips: Use the WP2E panel to add/suggest new dependencies to the local installation. Press F5 in the list of dependencies if the changes are not displayed right away.