G Suite login for WordPress enables secure Single Sign-On (SSO) into WordPress by authenticating users using G Suite SSO OAuth with the help of WP OAuth Client Plugin. Configure WordPress Google Auth for user authentication, with G Suite login credentials to confirm user identity. WP OAuth Client Single Sign-On (SSO) Plugin also configures custom providers and conventional IDPs. It enables advanced Single Sign-On (SSO) capabilities such as user profile Attribute mapping, Role mapping, and so on. In this section, we will go through how to configure WordPress Google OAuth Login with G Suite login credentials. Adding Google OAuth Single Sign-On (SSO) to WordPress allows your users to swiftly and securely check in to your WordPress site using G Suite login without having to remember a username and password. Click here to learn more about the other capabilities included in the WP OAuth Single Sign-On (OAuth & OpenID Connect Client) plugin.

Pre-requisites : 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 Google OAuth Login with WordPress

1. Setup Google as OAuth Provider

• Go to https://console.developers.google.com/ and sign up/login.
• Click on Select Project to create a new Google Apps Project,you will see a popup with the list of all your projects.

• You can click on the New project button to create new project.

• Enter your Project name under the Project Name field and click on Create.

• Go to Navigation MenuAPIsServicesCredentials.

• Click on Create Credentials button and then select OAuth Client ID from the options provided.

• In case you are facing some warning saying that in order to create an OAuth Client ID, you must set a product name on consent screen (as shown in below image). Click on the Configure consent screen button.

• Choose how you want to configure and register your app and click on create button.

• Enter the required details such as App Name, User Support Email. and click on Save and Continue button.

• Now for configuring scopes, click on Add or Remove the Scopes button.

• Now, Select the Scopes to allow your project to access specific types of private user data from their Google Account and click on Update button.

• Go to the Credentials tab and click on Create Credentials button. Select Web Application from dropdown list to create new application.

• Enter the name you want for your Client ID under the name field and enter the Redirect/Callback URI from miniOrange OAuth Client plugin/module under the Authorized redirect URIs field and click on Create button.

• You will see a popup with the Client ID and Client Secret Copy your Client ID and Client Secret and save it on your miniOrange OAuth Client plugin Configuration.

You've successfully configured Google (G-suite) as OAuth Provider on your WordPress site, allowing users to securely access their digital resources using a single set of G Suite login credentials and improve user authentication by WordPress login with Google.

2. Setup WordPress as OAuth Client

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.

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 G Suite login widget on your WordPress page, you need to follow the below steps.

Sign in settings for WordPress 5.7 and before

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


Sign in settings for WordPress 5.8

• 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 Google SSO login button there. You can test the Google Single Sign-On (SSO) now.

Sign in settings for WordPress 5.9

• 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 Google SSO login button there. Once you click the login button, you will be able to test the Google Single Sign-On (SSO).

5. Scope & Endpoints

• Please refer the below table for configuring the endpoints for Google in the plugin.

Scope:	openid email profile
Authorize Endpoint:	https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
Access Token Endpoint:	https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v4/token
Get User Info Endpoint:	https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/userinfo

Congratulations, you have successfully configured G suite Single Sign-On (SSO) by configuring Google OAuth Provider and WordPress as OAuh Client using our WP OAuth Single Sign-On (SSO). By integrating G Suite Single Sign-On (SSO) with WordPress OAuth, This solution ensures that you are ready to increase user authentication authority by securing login to your WordPress site using Google login credentials within minutes.

Additional Resources

• What is OAuth 2.0?
• Google OAuth and OpenID Connect
• Google Developers Console
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
• Secure G Suite Apps

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