Step By Step Guide For WordPress Single Sign On (SSO) using ORCID

If you want users to login to your WordPress site using their ORCID credentials, you can simply do it using our WP OAuth Client plugin. Once you configure the ORCID with WordPress plugin, you can allow users to SSO to your WordPress site using ORCID. Similarly, you can map your WordPress roles based on your ORCID attributes/groups. To know more about other features we provide in the WP OAuth Client plugin, you can click here.

You can download OAuth Client plugin using the following link.

Follow the Step-by-Step Guide to configure ORCID with WordPress :

• First of all, go to https://orcid.org/signin and log into your ORCID account.

• Click Developer Tools at the top of your record.

• Click the "Register for the free ORCID public API" button

• Review and agree to the terms of service when prompted.

• After agreeing to the terms of service, you will be directed back to Developer Tools. Complete the form presented to register a new application.

• Click the Save icon at the bottom of the form to generate your API credentials.

• To view your API credentials, click Show Details.

• Your API credentials - Client ID and Client Secret - are shown just beneath your redirect URIs. Below your credentials are sample URLs and API calls with your credentials pre-filled.



Scope:	openid
Authorize endpoint:	https://orcid.org/oauth/authorize
Access Token endpoint:	https://orcid.org/oauth/token