This is a complete documentation of the Social Login for WordPress plugin that walks you through the entire installation, set up and configuration of the plugin.
Overview of the Plugin
Social login for WordPress plugin is a quick way to enable social login on your website/WooCommerce store.
The Social login plugin
- Enables one-click login via Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn
- Let users’ sync their social profiles with their WordPress account
- Enable social login on the WooCommerce login page, Registration page, and Checkout page
- Define a custom redirect URL with any of the enabled social media accounts
- Easy setup
- GDPR Compliance
Installation of the Plugin
You can install the plugin either from the WordPress plugin directory or as a zip downloaded from the WordPress.org website. You can learn more about the installation procedure by reading the article How to Install a Free Plugin from WordPress.
Getting Started with the Plugin
To get started with the plugin go to the Social login tab from your WordPress dashboard.
Enable Social Login for Your WordPress/WooCommerce Website
At first, you need to enable social login for your website from the General settings page of the plugin.
Enable Social Login – Here you can select the checkbox to enable Social login on your website.
WooCommerce login page – Select the checkbox to enable social login for your WooCommerce/WordPress admin login page.
WooCommerce registration page – Select the checkbox to enable social login for your WooCommerce registration page.
WooCommerce checkout page – Select the checkbox to enable social login for your WooCommerce checkout page.
Social login section title on Account details page – Enter the title text for social login section on Account details page.
Display “Link Your Account” button on WooCommerce ThankYou Page – Select to enable it.
Finally, click Save changes to save the configured settings.
Enable login Via Facebook
Prior to enabling Facebook login you need to create a Facebook application by visiting the link.
Enable Facebook – Select the checkbox to enable login via Facebook.
Facebook App ID/API Key – Enter the App ID/API Key generated on creating the App.
Facebook App Secret – Enter the Facebook App secret key.
Facebook valid oAuth Redirect URL – Enter a valid oAuth Redirect URL.
Finally, click Save Changes.
Here is a screenshot of the WooCommerce login page with Facebook login enabled.
Enable login Via Google
Prior to enabling Google login for your website you need to create a Google Application by visiting the link.
Enable Google – Select the checkbox to enable login via Google.
Google App ID/API Key – Enter the App ID/API Key of the Google App generated.
Google App Secret – Enter the secret key for the Google app.
Google callback URL – Specify the callback URL for Google.
Click the Save Changes button to activate the changes.
Following is a screenshot of the login page with Google login enabled.
Enable login via Linkedin
Prior to enabling login via LinkedIn you need to create a LinkedIn application by visiting the link.
Enable LinkedIn – Select the checkbox to enable login via LinkedIn.
LinkedIn App ID/API Key – Enter the App ID/API Key for the generated LinkedIn app.
LinkedIn callback URL – Specify the LinkedIn callback URL.
Now click the Save Changes button to activate the changes.
Following is a screenshot of the login page with LinkedIn login enabled.
Other than enabling social login individually, you can enable them all together so that your user can login with the social media of their choice.
Here is a screenshot of the login window with all three social media logins enabled.
