Login with ClassLink SSO using WordPress OAuth for Education- Classlink Single Sign-On
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.
We provide WordPress Single Sign-On (SSO) with multiple education providers, such as:
Clever
Canvas
Google Classroom
Office 365
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Prerequisites: 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.
Steps to configure ClassLink Single Sign-On (SSO) Login into WordPress
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.
- Copy your Client ID and Client Secret and save it on your miniOrange OAuth Single Sign-On plugin Configuration.
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'.
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.
2. Setup WordPress as OAuth Client
- Go to Configure OAuth tab and click Add New Application to add a new client application into your website.
- Choose your Application from the list of OAuth / OpenID Connect Providers, Here ClassLink.
- After selecting the provider copy the Callback URL which needs to be configured in OAuth Provider's SSO application Configuration.
- Enter the client credentials like Client ID & Client Secret which you will get from the ClassLink SSO application.
- Please refer the below table for configuring the Scope & endpoints for ClassLink in the plugin.
- Click on Next.
- After verifying all the details on the summary page, click on Finish to save the configuration as well as test the SSO connection.
| Scope | full openid profile |
| Authorize Endpoint: | https://launchpad.classlink.com/oauth2/v2/auth |
| Access Token Endpoint: | https://launchpad.classlink.com/oauth2/v2/token |
| Get User Info Endpoint: | https://nodeapi.classlink.com/v2/my/info |
You've successfully configured WordPress SSO with Classlink making WordPress an OAuth Client, allowing users to implement secure Classlink SSO login into the WordPress site with Classlink login Credentials.
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.
- 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.
Finding user attributes
4. Sign In Settings
- The settings in Single Sign-On (SSO) Settings tab define the user experience for Single Sign-On (SSO). To add a ClassLink login widget on your WordPress page, you need to follow the below steps.
- Go to WordPress Left Panel > Appearances > Widgets.
- Select miniOrange OAuth. Drag and drop to your favourite location and save.
- Go to WordPress Left Panel > Appearances > Widgets.
- Select miniOrange OAuth. Drag and drop to your favourite location and save.
- Open your WordPress page and you can see the ClassLink SSO login button there. You can test the ClassLink Single Sign-On (SSO) now.
- Make sure the "Show on login page" option is enabled for your application. (Refer to the below image)
- Now, go to your WordPress Login page. (Eg. https://< your-wordpress-domain >/wp-login.php)
- You will see an ClassLink SSO login button there. Once you click the login button, you will be able to test the ClassLink Single Sign-On (SSO).
- 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)
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 Clever, 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, Clever, 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.
Additional Resources
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