Easy LinkedIn Social Login for Shopify
LinkedIn is an extremely popular social platform that is mainly used for professional networking.
Through LinkedIn people all around the world can connect socially. It helps people in putting themselves out there by sharing their education and experience, building connections and networking professionally. The platform at its core is a social networking application that allows people to make new contacts and build connections.
What is Social Login?
Social Login allows users to connect to any website using various networking platforms such as Facebook, Google, or Twitter. It is a form of single sign-on for users designed and implemented to make logging in easier for end-users. Using social login users can sign into any third-party website without having to create an account.
How does Social Login Works?
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.
Shopify LinkedIn Social Login (LinkedIn Single Sign-On (SSO)) for Shopify Store can be achieved by using our Shopify Social Login Application.
To know more about other features we provide in Shopify Social Login Application, you can click here.
Follow the steps below to configure LinkedIn Social login in Shopify
Configure LinkedIn Social Login
- Visit to https://apps.shopify.com/miniorange-social-login on Shopify marketplace. Click on Add app to install it on your store.
- Once you have installed it, it will take you to the social login application Dashboard. Then, click on LinkedIn.
- If you don't want to setup your custom app then please click on Setup app in just one click. Click on Save. This will setup your LinkedIn application for Shopify.
- That is all you require to do to add LinkedIn Social Login to Shopify. To Setup a custom app for LinkedIn, please follow the steps below.
Step 2: Configure Custom App for Shopify LinkedIn Login :
- Go to http://developer.linkedin.com/ and click on Create Apps and sign in with your linkedin account.
- Enter the Application Name, Linkedin page URL or name, Privacy Policy URL, And upload app logo.
- If you don't have a linked in page click on Here to create a new page.
- Check the API Terms of Use and click on create app.
- Click on Auth and enter Callback URL as Redirect URLs(from your social login Instructions) and click on Update
- On the same page you will be able to see your Client ID and Client Secret under the Application credentials section.
- Go to the Product tab.
- For r_liteprofile and r_emailaddress scope permission, Find Sign In with LinkedIn and click on Select.Check the legal agreement check box and Click on Add Product.
- For w_member_social scope permission Find Share on LinkedIn and click on Select.Check the legal agreement check box and Click on Add Product, This permission required for social sharing.
- Note: Wait till Linkedin approves your permission.
Step 3: Complete Setup of LinkedIn Login on Shopify
- Copy the Client Id and Client Secret from LinkedIn and Paste them into the fields in LinkedIn Login Instructions screen on the Social login app.
- Click on the Save button to save the credentials. Then, Click on the Test Configuration button.
- A window will appear and ask you to login to your LinkedIn account. This is to Test Configuration for LinkedIn. Please Login to LinkedIn to check the login process.
- Another window from the app will pop-up that the test configuration was successful. That means your Custom app was set properly.
- Go to the App Dashboard and click on the toggle button on LinkedIn icon to activate LinkedIn login button.
- Now, You can see the LinkedIn social Login button is activated on your Shopify Store.
You have successfully configured LinkedIn Social Login for your Shopify Store.
Additional Resources
If you are looking for anything which you cannot find, please drop us an email on socialloginsupport@xecurify.com
