Login with ClassLink Single Sign-On (SSO) using WordPress OAuth for Education
Login with ClassLink Single Sign-On (SSO) using WordPress OAuth for Education
Set up Single Sign-On (SSO) on ClassLink with the WordPress OAuth & OpenID Connect Single Sign-On plugin for education and protect your complete WordPress site behind SSO. Implementing ClassLink SSO allows students, teachers, parents, and school district admins to log into your websites and applications with a single set of credentials using the enterprise-level ClassLink OAuth provider.
ClassLink acts as the OAuth Provider (Identity Provider) and WordPress acts as the OAuth Client (Service Provider). WordPress ClassLink Authentication provides smooth login between these two, removing the need to remember usernames and passwords.
The ClassLink OAuth WordPress plugin 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 based on their sections or school levels. ClassLink WordPress OAuth SSO plugin secure’s the user’s login process and improves user authentication authority. Follow the steps in the guide below to install 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.
- From Configure OAuth tab in Oauth Client plugin, collect Redirect/Callback URL and enter it into your ClassLink Application
- Copy your Client ID and Client Secret and save it on your miniOrange OAuth Client plugin Configuration.
You've successfully configured 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.
- Copy the Callback URL to be used in OAuth Provider Configuration and click Next.
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Please refer the below table for configuring the endpoints for ClassLink in the plugin. Click Next.
- Configure the client credentials like Client ID & Client Secret is shown in the setup dialogue box and enter the scope value as profile email. Click Next.
- Verify the configuration details and click on Finish to save the configuration.
| App Name | Classlink |
| 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 as an OAuth Client 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.
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) Launchpad?
- 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 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 other educational IDPs like ClassLink, Google Classroom, Canvas, and more with this 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
Mail us on oauthsupport@xecurify.com for quick guidance(via email/meeting) on your requirement and our team will help you to select the best suitable solution/plan as per your requirement.
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