Google Apps Login utilizes Google's new account management platform to automatically login users on a website, if they have registered using their Gmail address.
It works by adding a "Login with Google" button in the user login form, which when clicked will require the user to enter his Google user and password.
If the user is already authenticated on Google (which most people are), the user will simply be redirected to the admin panel right away. So basically a fast, yet secure one-click authentication model.
As for security, Google Apps Login uses Google secure OAuth2 protocol, so developers can rest assured their authentication system is cute hard to crack.
Google Apps Login works with the following types of Google accounts:
- Gmail addresses
- Googlemail.com address
- Email addresses powered by the Google Apps for Business platform
- Email addresses powered by the Google Apps for Education platform
- Email addresses powered by the Google Apps for Non-profits platform
This is mainly how the free version functions. The premium adds these extra features:
- Syncs user data from the Google account
- Fine-grained permissions and access management
Installation:
Unpack and upload it to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
Google Apps Login is also available on the WordPress plugin repository, making it easy to install via WP's built-in automatic plugin installation tool.
What is new in this release:
- Accepts filter gal_client_config_ini containing filesystem path to an INI file to supply to Google's client library on instantiation, so you can override settings.
- Added substitution version core/Google/IO/DebugVersionOfCurl.php to replace core/Google/IO/Curl.php temporarily to log communications to Google's server for debugging purposes.
What is new in version 2.4.4:
- Readme updates and tidied settings page.
What is new in version 2.4.3:
- New hooks for profile photos.
- Updated Google client library.
What is new in version 2.3:
- Better organized config pages.
- Uses latest Google client library.
- Option to link to wp-glogin.com from login page.
What is new in version 2.0:
- The platform provides centralized setup and management of Google-related features in your WordPress site and plugins. Other developers can easily extend this Google authentication model into their own plugins.
Requirements:
- WordPress 3.3 or higher
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