LinkedIn SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) | Login into LinkedIn using WordPress

Overview

LinkedIn SSO - Login using WordPress Users (WP as SAML IDP) Plugin enables Single Sign-On (SSO) login into LinkedIn using WordPress Login credentials. In this guide we will Setup SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) with WordPress in LinkedIn by configuring LinkedIn as Service Provider (SP) and WordPress as Identity Provider (IDP).

Pre-requisites : Download And Installation

• To configure WordPress as SAML IDP and LinkedIn as SP with WordPress, you will need to install the miniOrange Login using WordPress Users (WP as SAML IDP).

Configuration Steps

Step 1: Setup LinkedIn as SP (Service Provider)

• Go to the WordPress IDP plugin, navigate to the IDP Metadata tab.
• Here, you can find the Identity Provider Metadata URL /XML Metadata or endpoints like IDP Entity ID, SAML Login URL, SAML Logout URL (Premium Feature), Certificate for SP configuration.

• Open a new browser tab or window, Log in to your LinkedIn account as Account Admin.
• Click Go to Admin & Navigate to SETTINGS > Global Settings.

• Expand the Single Sign-On (SSO) section, click Download to download a metadata file.

• Open the metadata you just downloaded in an editor, then locate & keep EntityID and Location(ACS) URL which you will need for configuring WordPress as IDP.
• Open Configure the LinkedIn Service Provider SSO settings box, Upload the IdP Metadata File which you have downloaded.
• Click Save SSO configuration

• After you have completed your configuration, enable SSO. Click Activate SSO Connection.

You have successfully configured LinkedIn as Service Provider.

Step 2: Configure WordPress (WP) as IdP (Identity Provider)

• In the WordPress IDP plugin, navigate to the Service Provider tab and enter the values corresponding to the information from LinkedIn.
  

• Click on the Save button to save your configuration.

Step 3: Attribute Mapping (This is a premium feature)

• In the WordPress IDP plugin, navigate to the Attribute/Role Mapping tab.
• In the User Attributes section, enter the following information and click on Save .
• You can also add more attributes by clicking on + sign to add attributes.

Name	User Meta Data
Email	user_email
FirstName	first_name
LastName	last_name

In this Guide, you have successfully integrated LinkedIn - SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) with plugin- Login using WordPress Users (WP as SAML IDP). Configuring LinkedIn as SP and WordPress as IDP. This solution ensures that you are ready to roll out secure Single Sign-On (SSO) access with SAML 2.0 Authentication into LinkedIn using WordPress login credentials.

Related Articles

• What is Single Sign-On (SSO)?
• What is SAML?
• Login with WordPress
• Additional SAML IDP guides
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)