Discord Single Sign-On SSO | WordPress Login using Discord

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 plugin and click on Install Now.
• Once installed click on Activate.

Step 1: Setup Discord as OAuth Provider

• Log in to Discord Console & click on New Application

• After clicking on the New Application button it will show you the popup for providing a name to the application. Click on the Create button after providing the application name.
• Navigate to the General Information section. Copy Client ID & Client Secret.

• Navigate to the OAuth2 section & Add Redirect button for adding the callback URL from the plugin and click on the Save button.

Step 1.1: Discord Role Mapping [Optional]

• After creating an OAuth Application,go to the Bot section.

• Click on the Add Bot button.

• Now we need to add Bot to our server with the permission to access roles. You need to check Bot and select the permission and it will generate the URL. You need to copy that URL and paste it into the new tab. After that, you need to select the server where you need to add the Bot.

• After successfully authorization, Go to the Bot section and copy the token.

• Now copy and paste the token into the configuration and also enter the guild or server ID (where you have added the Bot).

Step 1.2: Find your Guild ID (Server ID)

You will need the full Server ID (not the name) to continue. Follow these steps to find your Server ID:



• In Discord, open your User Settings by clicking the Settings Cog next to your user name on the bottom.

• Go to Appearance and enable Developer Mode under the Advanced section, then close User Settings.

• Open your Discord server, right-click on the server name, then select Copy ID.

• Paste the Server ID on your text editor for later.
• If desired, you can disable Developer Mode now.

Discord Endpoints and Scope:




Scope:	identify email
Authorize Endpoint:	https://discordapp.com/api/oauth2/authorize
Access Token Endpoint:	https://discordapp.com/api/oauth2/token
Get User Info Endpoint:	https://discordapp.com/api/users/@me

Step 2: Setup WordPress as OAuth Client

• After Plugin is activated, go to the plugin and search for Discord. Select Discord from the OAuth Providers list.

• Go to Configure OAuth tab and configure App Name, Client ID, Client Secret from provided Endpoints.
• Enter Scope value as identify email.
• Click on Save Settings to save the configuration.

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 Email or Username, etc. 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: Login Settings / Sign In Settings

• The settings in SSO Settings tab define the user experience for Single Sign On. To add a login widget on your WordPress page, you need to follow below steps.

Sign In Settings

• Go to Appearances > Widgets.
• Select miniOrange OAuth. Drag and drop to your favourite location and save.

• Open your Wordpress page and you can see the login button there. You can test the SSO now.

Additional Add-Ons And Plugin Integrations

BuddyPress Integration

Allows to integrate user attribute information fetched from OAuth / OpenID Identity Providers (IDP) with the user's BuddyPress profile.

Page and Post Restriction

Protects the pages/posts of your site with OAuth/OpenID Connect compliant IDP login page & restrict the access to the site based on the user roles.

Login Form Add-On

Provides a Login form for OAuth/OpenID login instead of button. It relies on OAuth/OpenID sso plugin to have Password Grant configured.

Media Restriction

miniOrange Media Restriction add-on restricts unauthorized users from accessing the media files on your WordPress site.

Discord Role Mapping

Discord Role Mapping add-on helps you to get roles from your discord server and maps it to WordPress users while SSO.

LearnDash Integrator

LearnDash Integration will map the SSO users to LearnDash groups as per the group attributes sent by your Identity Provider.

Attribute Based Redirection

Attribute Based Redirection plugin can be used to restrict and redirect users to different URLs based on OAuth/OpenID attributes.

SCIM User Provisioning

SCIM User Provisioning allows you to sync user's creation, updation and deletion from your IDP to WordPress site.

SSO Session Management

SSO session management add-on manages the login session time of your users based on their WordPress roles.

Membership Level based Login Redirection

This add-on allows to redirect users to custom pages based on their membership levels after Single Sign-On. Plugin Checks user’s membership level during every login, so any update on the membership level doesn’t affect redirection.

SSO Login Audit

SSO Login Audit captures and tracks all the SSO users and generates reports.

Additional Resources

• What is OAuth 2.0?
• Login into any application using Discord as Oauth 2.0 provider
• Discord as OAuth Provider / OpenID Connect
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)