Social Login

Social Login is a great tool that will allow your users to log in and comment from almost any social network out there.

Installing the plugin

The plugin easily integrates with the BuddyBoss Theme.

  1. Download the Social Login plugin from the link below
    https://wordpress.org/plugins/oa-social-login/
  2. Extract the downloaded oa-social-login.zip file to the WordPress plugins folder yourhostname/wordpress/wp-content/plugins
    OR
    Go to your WordPress Dashboard > Plugins > Add New. Click the Upload Plugin button. Browse to the download file location, select the oa-social-login.zip & install the plugin.
  3. Click the Activate Plugin button to activate the Social Login plugin on your website. OR
    To activate the plugin on your website site go to WordPress Dashboard > Plugins and then click the Activate button for Social Login.
Social Login   Activating the plugin
<em>Social Login Activating the plugin</em>

Creating an account on OneAll.com

Before setting up the Social Login plugin on your website, you must create a free account on OneAll.com

  1. Go to the OneAll Signup page.
  2. Enter your details and then click the Create my free account button.
  3. Select where you would like to OneAll.
    1. Select On a website from the drop-down list.
    2. Enter the domain name of your website.
    3. Click the Continue button.
Social Login   Setting up the website in OneAll
<em>Social Login Setting up the website in OneAll</em> step 1
  1. Add an identifier for your website.
    1. Select the subdomains (if any) where you’ll use OneAll.
    2. Enter the subdomain URLs.
      Note: this will be automatically generated so you quickly proceed with the setup.
    3. Click the Continue button.
Social Login   Setting up the website in OneAll step 2
<em>Social Login Setting up the website in OneAll step 2</em>
  1. Enable (or don’t) the preferred additional features. Click the No, I do not need these button for now and generate the Public and Private Key for plugin.
  2. Copy the Public Key and Private Key to your clipboard.
Social Login   Setting up the website in OneAll step 3
<em>Social Login Setting up the website in OneAll step 3</em>

Setting up the plugin

After generating the Public and Private key for your website, to set up the plugin:

  1. Go to WordPress Dashboard > Social Login > Setup.
  2. In the API Settings section, enter the API Subdomain for your website.
    1. Paste the Public Key in the Public Key textbox.
    2. Paste the Private Key in the Private Key textbox.
    3. Click the Verify API Settings button.
Social Login   Setting up the plugin
<em>Social Login Setting up the plugin</em>
  1. Mark the preferred social networks/identity providers in the Enable the social networks/identity providers of your choice section.
  2. Click the Save Changes button.
Social Login   Social networks on the login page
<em>Enabled social networks on the login page</em>

For further setup options, refer to the official documentation of Social Login.

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