Adding WP to an existing site (signup and authentication)

  • Hi All,

    I am attempting to integrate WP into our site. I realize that means learning themes to get the cosmetics to match but I also don’t want another user DB.

    Would you suggest:

    1. Adding a hook into my registration process to automatically create WP accounts?
    2. Have WP authenticate against my DB, redirect signups to my signup form, and try and map roles?

      3. Thanks,
      /Carl

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  • Moderator Samuel Wood (Otto)

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    www.ads-software.com Admin

    Option 2.

    Why? Because all of WordPress’ important user functions and such are in the pluggable-functions.php file, and have thus been designed to be overridable. That is, a plugin could replace those functions and implement its own user login and authentication scheme.

    So with some knowledge of PHP, you could write a plugin that would bypass WordPress’ own user stuff and use your existing tables instead. Might not be particularly easy, mind you.

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