LDAP/AD Integration for Intranet Sites | LDAP Authentication for WordPress

Step 1: Download & install miniOrange LDAP/AD Login for Intranet Sites Plugin

From your WordPress dashboard

• Click on PluginsAdd New tab.

• Enter ldap in Search plugins... textbox. You will see miniOrange LDAP/AD Login for Intranet Sites plugin, click on Install now.

• Activate the plugin from your Plugins page.

From WordPress.org

• Download miniOrange LDAP/AD Login for intranet Sites.

• Go to PluginsAdd New.

• Click on Upload Plugin and choose the downloaded plugin zip.

• Click on Install Now and activate the plugin from your Plugins page.

• Once the plugin is activated, click on LDAP/AD Login for Intranet from the left panel.

Step 2: Setup miniOrange LDAP/AD Login for Intranet Sites plugin

Configure LDAP Connection Information

• Select Your Directory Server : Select your directory server from the dropdown.
• LDAP Server : Select the directory server protocol (LDAP/LDAPS) from the dropdown then enter the hostname or IP address of the directory server and select the server port number (389/636).
• Username : Enter the service account username.
• Password : Enter the password of the service account username.
• Click on Test Connection & Save to establish the connection with your LDAP server.

• Once the connection is successfully made with your LDAP server then proceed for the LDAP User Mapping Configuration.

Configure LDAP User Mapping

• Search Base : Click on Possible Search Bases/Base DNs button to see the list of possible search base(s) DNs and select the search base from the list. You can also manually enter search base.
• Username Attribute : Select the LDAP Username Attribute from the dropdown, which you want as the username for the LDAP users in WordPress. You can also enter the custom LDAP Username Attribute by selecting the last option (Provide custom LDAP Attribute name).
• Click on Save User Mapping.

• Test Authentication : Enter the username & password of any ldap user which exists in the configured serach base to test the ldap configuration.


• After successful test authentication go to Sign-in Settings tab to configure LDAP login settings.

Step 3: Configure Sign-in Settings

• Enable LDAP login : This option is disabled by default. You can enable LDAP login once you have successfully tested the ldap configuration from "Test Connection & Save" in LDAP Connection Information.
• Authenticate Administrators from both LDAP and WordPress : By enabling this option users can login either using their WordPress or LDAP credentials in the WordPress site.
• Enable Auto Registering users if they do not exist in WordPress : This option is enabled by default. It allow the users to register themselves in WordPress once they login into the WordPress site using LDAP credentials.

Step 4: Configure Role Mapping

• Enable Role Mapping : This option is disabled by default. You can enable LDAP Role Mapping to assign the Default Role to LDAP users upon LDAP login in WordPress site.
• Default Role : Select the default WordPress role you want to assign to all the LDAP users upon LDAP login in WordPress site.