Configure ClassLink Single Sign-On (SSO) for WordPress using OAuth | ClassLink SSO

Overview

Using the WordPress OAuth Single Sign-On (SSO) plugin for education you can set up WordPress SSO via ClassLink and secure your whole WordPress site behind Single Sign-On. Using the enterprise-level ClassLink OAuth provider, ClassLink SSO enables administrators of the school district, parents, teachers, and students to log into your websites and apps using Classlink SSO login credentials. While performing WordPress SSO, ClassLink acts as the OAuth Provider (Identity Provider) and WordPress acts as the OAuth Client (Service Provider). WordPress ClassLink login for education provides smooth login between these two, removing the need to remember usernames and passwords. The ClassLink single sign-on for education also provides advanced SSO features like user profile mapping and role mapping to grant varying levels of access to faculty in an institute/school. Students will also get access to specific school courses on the website via WordPress SSO based on their sections or school levels. ClassLink WordPress OAuth SSO plugin secures the user’s login process and improves user authentication authority. Now follow the steps to set up WordPress SSO via classlink for education by installing this plugin.

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Pre-requisites : Download And Installation

• Log into your WordPress instance as an admin.
• Go to the WordPress Dashboard -> Plugins and click on Add New.
• Search for a WordPress OAuth Single Sign-On (SSO) plugin and click on Install Now.
• Once installed click on Activate.

We provide WordPress Single Sign-On (SSO) with multiple education providers, such as:

Clever

Canvas

Google Classroom

Office 365

Can't find your Educational Provider? Click here to learn more.

Steps to configure ClassLink Single Sign-On (SSO) Login into WordPress

Step 1: Setup ClassLink as OAuth Provider

• Go to https://dev.classlink.com/login and sign up/login.

• Under the My Connections -> SSO Connections, click on Add New SSO Connection button to create a new application.

• Enter the Connection Name and other required details. Then, click on Next button.

• Add the Redirect/Callback URL which you will get from the OAuth Single Sign-On Plugin. Select the Scopes as per your choice and click on Save button.

Note: For the OAuth Single Sign-On premium plugins add this https://{domain-url}?app_name={appname} as the redirect url in ClassLink.
Eg. If your domain name is 'exampledomain' and the appname is 'ClassLink', then your redirect url will be 'https://example.com?app_name=ClassLink'.



• Copy your Client ID and Client Secret and save it on your miniOrange OAuth Single Sign-On plugin Configuration.



You've successfully configured WordPress SSO using Classlink as OAuth Provider on your WordPress site allowing users/students to securely access their WordPress site with ClassLink SSO or ClassLink Single Sign On-(SSO) for Education to improve user authentication.

Step 2: Setup WordPress as OAuth Client

Step 3: User Attribute Mapping

• User Attribute Mapping is mandatory for enabling users to successfully login into WordPress. We will be setting up user profile attributes for WordPress using below settings.

Finding user attributes:

• Go to Configure OAuth tab. Scroll down and click on Test Configuration.

• You will see all the values returned by your OAuth Provider to WordPress in a table. If you don't see value for First Name, Last Name, Email or Username, make the required settings in your OAuth Provider to return this information.

• Once you see all the values in Test Configuration, go to Attribute / Role Mapping tab, you will get the list of attributes in a Username dropdown.

Step 4: Sign In Settings

ClassLink Single Sign-On (SSO) should now be successfully configured with ClassLink as the OAuth Provider and WordPress as the OAuth Client. ClassLink SSO should fulfill all your needs for your school/college with features like role-based access on your website, completing user profiles, protecting the course access behind SSO, etc. Otherwise, you can also configure WordPress SSO via other educational IDPs like ClassLink, Google Classroom, Canvas, and more with our WordPress OAuth SSO plugin.

ClassLink SSO with Learndash Role Mapping

If you are using Learndash as your WordPress LMS and want to assign different Learndash courses to your (Canvas, ClassLink, Google Classroom) users based on their schools or different sections (such as k1, k2). You can use our WordPress Learndash Integration Add-on, with the add-on instead of individually adding each person to a specific Learndash course, we may assign them directly to that course during SSO based on user groups and roles so that they can access that course straight from the WordPress site.

Related Articles

• What is ClassLink Single Sign-On(SSO)?
• Classlink Single Sign-On (SSO) for Education
• What is OAuth 2.0 and how does it work?
• What's new about OAUth 2.1 Single Sign-On protocol?
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)