Configure Ping Single Sign-on (SSO) with WordPress OAuth & OpenID Connect Single Sign-On (SSO) plugin. Using the PingFederate OAuth provider, Perform Ping Single Sign-on (SSO) user authentication by securely loging in to your WordPress site. PingFederate Oauth SSO for WordPress lets your users login and access your site using their PingFederate OAuth identity provider. Different IDPs, such as Azure AD, Office 365, and custom providers, can also be used to configure the plugin. It includes advanced Single Sign-On (SSO) features including user profile attribute mapping, role mapping, and multi-tenant login, among others. We'll go over how to set up Ping Single Sign-On (SSO) with WordPress OAuth. Users should be able to secure login to WordPress and improve user authentication authority with Ping Single Sign-On (SSO) by the end of this guide. 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 PingFederate Single Sign-On (SSO) Login into WordPress

1. Setup PingFederate as OAuth Provider

• Login to your PingFederate User Admin dashboard.
• Click on the OAuth Server in the left navigation menu.
• Under Clients, click on Create New.

• Enter the Client ID, Name and Description. Select Client Secret in Client Authentication and click on Generate Secret. Take a note of your Client ID & Client Secret.

• Copy the Redirect/Callback URL from the plugin and enter it in Redirect URIs field and click on Add. Select the Authorization Code grant type and click on Save.

• You have successfully completed your PingFederate OAuth Server side configurations.

You have successfully configured PingFederate as an OAuth Provider on your WordPress site, allowing users to securely access their digital resources using a single set of login credentials and improve user authentication authority using Ping Single Sign-On (SSO) login.

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 First Name, Last Name, Email or Username, 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: Role Mapping [Premium]

• Click on “Test Configuration” and you will get the list of Attribute Names and Attribute Values that are sent by your OAuth provider.
• From the Test Configuration window, map the Attribute Names in the Attribute Mapping section of the plugin. Refer to the screenshot for more details.

• Enable Role Mapping: To enable Role Mapping, you need to map Group Name Attribute. Select the attribute name from the list of attributes which returns the roles from your provider application.
  Eg: Role


• Assign WordPress role to the Provider role: Based on your provider application, you can allocate the WordPress role to your provider roles. It can be a student, teacher, administrator or any other depending on your application. Add the provider roles under Group Attribute Value and assign the required WordPress role in front of it under WordPress Role.
  
  For example, in the below image. Teacher has been assigned the role of Administrator & Student is assigned the role of Subscriber.

• Once you save the mapping, the provider role will be assigned the WordPress administrator role after SSO.
  Example: As per the given example, Users with role ‘teacher’ will be added as Administrator in WordPress and ‘student’ will be added as Subscriber.

5. Sign In Settings

• The settings in Single Sign-On (SSO) Settings tab define the user experience for Single Sign-On (SSO). To add a PingFederate 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 PingFederate SSO login button there. You can test the PingFederate 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 PingFederate SSO login button there. Once you click the login button, you will be able to test the PingFederate Single Sign-On (SSO).