How to setup SSO for multiple Salesforce Communities?

Working of Single Sign-On solution for Multiple Salesforce Communities

With the help of the Salesforce Community SSO plugin, Community users are able to log into the WordPress site by authenticating with their respective Community credentials.

• Different communities have different Single Sign-On (SSO) and Single Logout (SLO) URLs which are mapped with the help of the Salesforce Community SSO plugin which redirects users to their respective Community Login page.
• When a community user tries to SSO into the WordPress site the SAML SSO plugin for WordPress with Salesforce Community SSO plugin redirects the user to their Community login page.
• Once the user authenticates through their Salesforce Community login, they are redirected to the WordPress site.

Follow the steps below to setup SSO for multiple Salesforce Communities

Refer to the steps mentioned in the following link to configure the SAML app in Salesforce for Salesforce SSO setup for WordPress.

• To configure SSO for multiple Communities for your WordPress site you will need to install the Salesforce Community SSO plugin along with the SAML SSO plugin on your WordPress site.
• Login as Salesforce administrator and navigate to SAML Login Information within your configured Salesforce SAML application via. Manage Connected Apps.

• Click on Click on For Communities.
• Copy the SP-Initiated Redirect Endpoint and Single Logout Endpoint of the Community you want to setup SSO with your WordPress site. This will be your Community’s SSO URL and Community’s SLO URL which you have to add to the plugin.

• Now go to the Salesforce Community SSO plugin on the WordPress site and select your IDP from the dropdown.
• Give a suitable Community Name and paste the Community’s SSO URL and Community’s SLO URL copied earlier from the Salesforce application.
• Click on Save.

• To add more Communities click on ADD A NEW COMMUNITY and repeat the same process (from copying Community’s SP-Initiated Redirect Endpoint and Single Logout Endpoint).

• You can use these Community Login Links on your WordPress to initiate Single-Sign-On with the respective Salesforce Community.
• Thus, you have successfully configured Single Sign-On with Multiple Salesforce Communities using the Salesforce Community Plugin and SAML SSO Plugin for WordPress.

Additional Resources

• What is SSO?
• SSO into WordPress using Salesforce
• SSO between Multiple Salesforce Organization
• What are Salesforce Communities required for a business?
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)