Integration of Vkontakte Social Login ( Vkontakte SSO ) For WordPress using OAuth 2.0 Protocol.
miniOrange Social Login enables your users to use their Vkontakte account to login/register to your WordPress Website. Give your users a Best choice, without remembering passwords, to login/register on your WordPress website. Setup WordPress Vkontakte Plugin by miniOrange in few easy steps and setup Vkontakte.
The social login process is extremely simple. Users come to your website and select whichever social login provider they want to login. They fill in their details on the social network provider’s site. Once the authentication process is completed by the social provider the user can start using your WordPress website. If they are a new user then they are registered and if they are an existing user they are logged in.
What is Vkontakte and Why should you implement Vkontakte social login on your WordPress website?
Vkontakte (Popularly known as VK) is a Russian online social media and social networking service provider geared toward Eastern European users. Like other social media networks you can post photos and videos, add friends, and gain followers on VKontakte.One important difference with VK is that account creating process is really simple. Just enter your name, password and a phone number and you are done. To the fact, it is the most popular social network provider in Russia.
What is OAuth 2.0?
OAuth 2.0 is the industry-standard authorization protocol. OAuth 2.0 priorities client developer ease of use while offering particular authorization processes for web apps, desktop applications, mobile phones, and living room devices.
WordPress Social Login plugin allows for secure login into WordPress while utilizing Vkontakte as an OAuth and OpenID Connect provider. You may a lso configure the plugin to use several Oauth providers, such as Facebook, Google, Discord, Twitter, Apple, Amazon, Stackoverflow, LinkedIn any many more. It enables sophisticated Single Sign-On functionalities like user Customize Icons, Redirection and so on. In this article, we will go through how to set up SSO between WordPress and Vkontakte.
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