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LinkedIn SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) | Login into LinkedIn using WordPress

LinkedIn SSO - Login using WordPress Users (WP as SAML IDP) Plugin enables Single Sign-On (SSO) login into LinkedIn using WordPress Login credentials. In this guide we will Setup SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) with WordPress in LinkedIn by configuring LinkedIn as Service Provider (SP) and WordPress as Identity Provider (IDP).


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Note: Premium Version of WP SAML IDP Plugin is required to set up SSO with LinkedIn.


  • Go to the WordPress IDP plugin, navigate to the IDP Metadata tab.
  • Here, you can find the Identity Provider Metadata URL /XML Metadata or endpoints like IDP Entity ID, SAML Login URL, SAML Logout URL (Premium Feature), Certificate for SP configuration.
Configure SAML SSO in LinkedIn (SP) with WordPress - LinkedIn SSO Login with WordPress

  • Open a new browser tab or window, Log in to your LinkedIn account as Account Admin.
  • Click Go to Admin & Navigate to SETTINGS > Global Settings.
Configure SAML SSO in LinkedIn (SP) with WordPress - Select Admin Account

Configure SAML SSO in LinkedIn (SP) with WordPress - Navigate to Global settings

  • Expand the Single Sign-On (SSO) section, click Download to download a metadata file.
Configure SAML SSO in LinkedIn (SP) with WordPress - Download Metadata File

  • Open the metadata you just downloaded in an editor, then locate & keep EntityID and Location(ACS) URL which you will need for configuring WordPress as IDP.
  • Open Configure the LinkedIn Service Provider SSO settings box, Upload the IdP Metadata File which you have downloaded.
  • Click Save SSO configuration
Configure SAML SSO in LinkedIn (SP) with WordPress - Save SSO Configuration

  • After you have completed your configuration, enable SSO. Click Activate SSO Connection.
Configure SAML SSO in LinkedIn (SP) with WordPress - Activate SSO Connection

You have successfully configured LinkedIn as Service Provider.


  • In the WordPress IDP plugin, navigate to the Service Provider tab and enter the values corresponding to the information from LinkedIn.
Service Provider Name LinkedIn
SP Entity ID or Issuer Copy & paste the SP-EntityID from LinkedIn's Metadata file
ACS URL Copy & paste the Location from LinkedIn's Metadata file
NameID Format urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress
Assertion Signed Check to sign the SAML Assertion
Configure SAML SSO in LinkedIn (SP) with WordPress - Configure WordPress

  • Click on the Save button to save your configuration.

  • In the WordPress IDP plugin, navigate to the Attribute/Role Mapping tab.
  • In the User Attributes section, enter the following information and click on Save .
  • You can also add more attributes by clicking on + sign to add attributes.
Name User Meta Data
Email user_email
FirstName first_name
LastName last_name
Configure SAML SSO in LinkedIn (SP) with WordPress - WordPress attribute Mapping

In this Guide, you have successfully integrated LinkedIn - SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) with plugin- Login using WordPress Users (WP as SAML IDP). Configuring LinkedIn as SP and WordPress as IDP. This solution ensures that you are ready to roll out secure Single Sign-On (SSO) access with SAML 2.0 Authentication into LinkedIn using WordPress login credentials.



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