Single Sign-On (SSO) between two WordPress Sites | SSO in Multiple WP sites
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Single Sign-On (SSO) between two WordPress Sites | SSO in Multiple WP sites
Single Sign-On (SSO) between two WordPress (WP) sites with the help of our WordPress SAML SP Single Sign-On (SSO) and Login Using WordPress users (WP as SAML IdP) plugin. Our WordPress SAML SP Single Sign-On (SSO) plugin gives you the ability to use your WordPress (WP) site as SAML SP (Service Provider) and you can configure other WordPress (WP) site as an SAML IdP (Identity Provider) with Login Using WordPress users (WP as SAML IdP) plugin. Enabling SAML SSO for Multiple WordPress (WP) sites.
Pre-requisites : Download And Installation
To setup SSO between 2 WordPress sites, you will need to install two plugins.
To convert your WordPress site into an Identity Provider, install the miniOrange WP SAML as IDP Plugin on the WordPress site where your users are stored.
To convert your WordPress site into a Service Provider, install the miniOrange SAML SSO Login Plugin on the WordPress site application where you want users to log into.
Step-by-step Video to Setup Single Sign-on between 2 WordPress
Steps to configure SSO between two WordPress (WP) sites:
1. Setup 1st Wordpress Site as IdP (Identity Provider)
Follow the steps below to configure 1st Wordpress Site as the IdP (Identity Provider)
Configure 1st Wordpress Site as the IdP (Identity Provider)
In the miniOrange SAML SP SSO plugin, navigate to Service Provider Metadata tab. Here, you can find the SP metadata such as SP Entity ID and ACS (AssertionConsumerService) URL which are required to configure the Identity Provider.
In the WordPress SAML SSO plugin, go to the Service Provider Setup tab of the plugin. There are two ways to configure the WordPress SSO plugin:
A. By uploading IDP metadata:
Click on Upload IDP metadata button.
Enter the Identity Provider Name
You can either upload a metadata file and click on Upload button or use a metadata URL and click on Fetch Metadata.
B.Manual Configuration:
Provide the required settings (i.e. Identity Provider Name, IdP Entity ID or Issuer, SAML Login URL, X.509 Certificate) as provided by your Identity Provider and click on the Save button.
Step 3: Attribute Mapping
In the free plugin, only NameID is supported for Email and Username attributes of the WordPress user.
When a user performs SSO, the NameID value sent by the IDP will get mapped to the email and username of the WordPress user.
Step 4: Role Mapping
In the free plugin, you can choose a default role which will be assigned to all the non-admin users when they perform SSO.
Go to Attribute/Role mapping tab and navigate to Role Mapping section.
Select the Default Role and click on the Save button.
Step 5: SSO settings
In the free plugin you can add a login widget to enable SP-Initiated SSO on your site.
Navigate to Redirection and SSO links tab and follow the given steps given under Option 1: Use a Widget to add a login widget on your site.
In the WordPress SAML SSO plugin, go to the Service Provider Setup tab of the plugin. There are two ways to configure the WordPress SSO plugin:
A. By uploading IDP metadata:
Click on Upload IDP metadata button.
Enter the Identity Provider Name
You can either upload a metadata file and click on Upload button or use a metadata URL and click on Fetch Metadata.
B.Manual Configuration:
Provide the required settings (i.e. Identity Provider Name, IdP Entity ID or Issuer, SAML Login URL, X.509 Certificate) as provided by your Identity Provider and click on the Save button.
Step 3: Attribute Mapping
Attribute Mapping feature allows you to map the user attributes sent by the IDP during SSO to the user attributes at WordPress.
In WordPress SAML plugin, go to Attribute/Role Mapping tab and fill up the following fields in Attribute Mapping section.
NOTE: If you click on Test Configuration button in Service Provider Setup tab and authenticate with your IDP, you can see a list of attributes sent by the IDP in the Attribute/Role mapping tab. This information can be used to
provide the above mapping.
Step 4: Role Mapping
In the standard plugin, you can choose a default role which will be assigned to all the non-admin users when they perform SSO.
Go to Attribute/Role mapping tab and navigate to Role Mapping section.
Select the Default Role and click on the Save button.
Step 5: SSO settings
In the Standard plugin you can enable SP-initiated SSO using the following options.
Auto-Redirection from site: If this option is enabled, any unauthenticated user trying to access your site will get redirected to the IDP login page and after successful authentication, they will be redirected back to the same page
on your site which they were trying to access.
Steps:
Go to Redirection and SSO Links tab of the plugin and navigate to Option 1: Auto - Redirection from site.
Enable Redirect to IdP if user not logged in [PROTECT COMPLETE SITE]option.
Auto-Redirection from WordPress Login: If this option is enabled, any unauthenticated user trying to access the default WordPress login page will get redirected to the IDP login page for authentication. After successful authentication,
they will be redirected back to the WordPress site.
Steps:
Go to Redirection and SSO Links tab of the plugin and navigate to Option 2: Auto- Redirection from WordPress Login.
Enable Redirect to IdP from WordPress Login Page option.
NOTE: Please enable the Backdoor login and note down the backdoor URL. This will allow you to access the WordPress login page in case you get locked out of the IDP.
SSO Links: You can add SSO links anywhere on your site using the Shortcode and Widget provided in Redirection and SSO Links tab > Option 3: SSO Links section of the plugin
In the WordPress SAML SSO plugin, go to the Service Provider Setup tab of the plugin. There are two ways to configure the WordPress SSO plugin:
A. By uploading IDP metadata:
Click on Upload IDP metadata button.
Enter the Identity Provider Name
You can either upload a metadata file and click on Upload button or use a metadata URL and click on Fetch Metadata.
In the Premium plugin, you can enable auto-sync for the metadata URL which will auto-update the plugin configuration as per the IDP metadata after a set interval of time
B.Manual Configuration:
Provide the required settings (i.e. Identity Provider Name, IdP Entity ID or Issuer, SAML Login URL, X.509 Certificate) as provided by your Identity Provider and click on the Save button.
In the Premium Plugin, you can provide the SAML Logout URL to achieve Single Logout on your WordPress site.
Step 3: Attribute Mapping
Attribute Mapping feature allows you to map the user attributes sent by the IDP during SSO to the user attributes at WordPress.
In WordPress SAML plugin, go to Attribute/Role Mapping tab and fill up the following fields in Attribute Mapping section.
Custom Attribute Mapping: This feature allows you to map any attribute sent by the IDP to the usermeta table of WordPress.
Step 4: Role Mapping
This feature allows you to assign and manage roles of the users when they perform SSO. Along with the default WordPress roles, this is compatible with any custom roles as well.
From the Attribute Mapping section of the plugin, provide a mapping for the field named Group/Role. This attribute will contain the role related information sent by the IDP and will be used for Role Mapping.
Navigate to role mapping section and provide the mappings for the highlighted roles.
For example, If you want a user whose Group/Role attribute value is wp-editor to be assigned as an Editor in WordPress, just provide the mapping as wp-editor in the Editor field of Role Mapping section.
Step 5: SSO Settings
In the Premium plugin you can enable SP-initiated SSO using the following options.
Auto-Redirection from site: If this option is enabled, any unauthenticated user trying to access your site will get redirected to the IDP login page and after successful authentication they will be redirected back to the same page on
your site which they were trying to access.
Steps:
Go to Redirection and SSO Links tab of the plugin and navigate to Option 1 : Auto-Redirection from site.
Enable Redirect to IdP if user not logged in [PROTECT COMPLETE SITE] option.
Auto-Redirection from WordPress Login: If this option is enabled, any unauthenticated user trying to access the default WordPress login page will get redirected to the IDP login page for authentication. After successful authentication,
they will be redirected back to the WordPress site.
Steps:
Go to Redirection and SSO Links tab of the plugin and navigate to Option 2: Auto- Redirection from WordPress Login.
Enable Redirect to IdP from WordPress Login Page option.
NOTE: Please enable the Backdoor login and note down the backdoor URL. This will allow you to access the WordPress login page in case you get locked out of the IDP login.
Login Button: You can add a customized login button anywhere on your site or WordPress login page by navigating to Option 3: Login Button section of Redirection and SSO Links tab.
SSO Links: You can add SSO links anywhere on your site using the Shortcode and Widget provided in Option 4: SSO Links section of Redirection and SSO Links tab.
In this Guide, We configured SAML 2.0 Single Sign-On (SSO) between two WordPress (WP) sites, choosing one WordPress website as IdP and another WordPress website as SP enabling SSO in Multiple WordPress (WP) sites / SSO between Two WordPress Sites using miniOrange plugins - SAML Single Sign On – SSO Login And Login Using WordPress users (WP as SAML IdP). SSO in Multiple WordPress (WP) sites / SSO between Two WordPress Sites solutions ensures that you are ready to roll out secure access to your WordPress(WP) sites using single login credentials.
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