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Configure Vkontakte Social Login In WordPress | Vkontakte WordPress Login Plugin

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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Steps to configure VKontakte Social Login into WordPress (WP)

Step 1: Configure VKontakte Social Login into Your WordPress

Follow the steps below to configure VKontakte login in WordPress

Configure VKontakte Social Login

Go to https://new.vk.com/dev and sign up/login.
Go to My Apps and click on Create an Application.

Select Website as the Platform, Enter Website address and Domain name. Then click on Connect website

On Information tab fill up your all details.

Enter the Callback URL field where they would be as Authorized redirect URI Vkontakte to use your app.

Copy your Client ID and Client Secret and save it on your miniOrange Social Login Plugin Configuration.

2. Set credentials in miniOrange Social Login Plugin

Step 2: Set credentials in miniOrange Social Login Plugin

Copy the Client Id and Client Secret form above setup and Paste them into the fields in Instructions.

Then click on Save & Test Configuration button.

Custom app will set properly when Test configuration get successful

Now, You can see the Vkontakte Social Login button is activated on your WordPress Website. This will allow users to connect to your website using Vkontakte.