WordPress Single Sign On (SSO) using Salesforce as IdP
Salesforce Single Sign On (SSO) for Wordpress miniOrange provides a ready to use solution for Wordpress. This solution ensures that you are ready to roll out secure access to your Wordpress site using Salesforce within minutes.
Step 1: Configuring Salesforce as IdP
- Log into salesforce and go to Setup.
- From the left pane, select IdentityIdentity Provider.
- In the Service Provider section click on the Service Providers are now created via Connected Apps. Click here.
- Enter Connected App Name, API Name and Contact Email.
- Under Web App Settings, check the Enable SAML checkbox and enter the following values:
| Entity ID | SP-EntityID / Issuer from Step1 of the plugin under Configure IDP Tab. |
| ACS URL | ACS (AssertionConsumerService) URL from Step1 of the plugin under Configure IDP Tab. |
| Subject Type | Username |
| Name ID Format | urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:nameid-format:persistent |
Step 2: Assign Profiles
- Now from left pane, under Administration Setup, select Manage Apps Connected Apps.
- Click on the App you just created.
- Under Manage Profiles, Select the profiles you want to give access to login through this app.
Step 3: Download metadata for communities
- Under SAML Login Information, click on Download Metadata.
- Open the downloaded file in some browser like chrome, firefox, IE.
- Search for "ds:X509Certificate" tab and copy the entire string under this tag. String would be like this: "MII....".
- Keep this certificate value handy for next steps.
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