How to Integrate GitHub Login in your Website | WordPress OAuth SSO

Github login is possible on any WordPress website using Social Login.
Github offers its user's code hosting and distributed version control using git. It is extremely popular in the coding community as users can store and manage their code effortlessly.
Github WordPress Integration is a powerful tool to have. Thus we use secure authorization protocols to log users into your website in seconds. Enable your users to use their existing Github account to login/register without having to remember another set of username and password. They can simply choose to login with github.

WordPress GitHub Social Login (GitHub Single Sign-On (SSO)) for WordPress can be achieved by using our WordPress Social Login plugin. In this guide we will see how to implement GitHub login on your WordPress website in the easiest way. To know more about other features we provide in WordPress Social Login plugin, you can click here.

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Steps to Configure GitHub Social Login into WordPress (WP)

Step 1: Configure GitHub Social Login into Your WordPress

Follow the steps below to configure GitHub login in WordPress

 Configure GitHub Social Login

• Go to Here and sign in with your Github account.
• On the page, Click on the Register a New Application button.

• On the following page, Enter Application Name and your Homepage URL.
• Enter your Authorization callback URL from the miniOrange Social Login plugin.
• Click on Register Application.

• Copy the Client ID from the App page that shows up and paste it in the social login plugin under Client ID.

• Click on Generate a new client secret. Copy the Client Secret that shows up and paste it in the social login plugin under Client Secret.

2. Set credentials in miniOrange Social Login Plugin

• Go to miniOrange Social Login → Click on Configure Apps → click on Github Login Icon:
• Once your GitHub app is ready you’ll need to copy and paste the Client ID and Client Secret to the GitHub instructions Field.
• On the social login plugin dashboard, Click on Save & Test Configuration button.

• If you're not already logged-in, please perform github sign in order to test github login.

• On the next screen, click on Authorize.

• If the OAuth app is setup correctly, you will see the Test Successful screen. This means github sign in has been enabled and authorization is working properly.

• You will be able to see Login with Github button on your login page.

• Thus, we have setup Github Login on your website.


• If you not able to Add Social login icons on your custom login/registration page of your website, you can use our shortcode Guide.

You have successfully configured GitHub Social Login for WordPress Website.

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