SSO Login for journal site?

  • Resolved monicaeverydaypeace

    (@monicaeverydaypeace)


    1 month, 3 weeks ago

    Hi there, I’m trying to understand if this plugin would work for an academic journal site, and how should that be set up.

    Basically the journal needs to give login access to institutions and libraries so that their staff and students can login. Currently institutions provide us their IP address, and when we allows access to their IPs for University accounts on our wordpress site, their users are able to login on our site by logging in into their webiste, so I guess they have a Single Sign system installed on their end (like maybe Shibboleth, Unity, OpenAthens, etc), but I’m not sure exactly what they use (maybe they have different ones)? The downside of this is that IP addresses change and are not great to manage, also not all libraries and institutions are able to use those systems.

    So if we install SSO login plugin on our site, how could we give access to institutional users that their own SSO (and some who don’t)? Also, can it be used with institutions who do not use SSO?

    What details would we need from the institutional subscriber to set up access to our WordPress site for their users? Thanks!

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  • Plugin Support anukasha

    (@anukasha)

    Hi Monica,

    Thank you for reaching out to us.

    I understand that you’re looking to provide?login?access for various institutions and libraries, enabling their staff and students to log into your?journal site?using their institution’s credentials. Please correct me if I’m wrong.

    If the user identities are managed by different institutions within an Identity Provider (IdP) like Shibboleth, OpenAthens, etc., then we can set up?SSO?with multiple Identity Providers on your journal site. This can be achieved with our paid versions of the?WordPress SAML?Single Sign-On plugin. Both the Enterprise and All-Inclusive plans support the configuration of multiple Identity Providers (IdPs), Domain Mapping, and?Role Mapping?features to meet your requirements.

    The solution would look like:

    1. When onboarding an institution, you’ll need to configure the institute’s?IdP for SSO in our SAML?SSO?plugin. We’re here to help with that integration. This will allow their users (staff and students) to authenticate with their institution’s credentials to access your?site.
    2. With the domain mapping feature, users trying to access your?site?will first land on the WordPress?login?page, where they’ll be asked to enter their email address. If their email domain matches the configured IDP domain in the plugin, they’ll be automatically redirected to their institution’s IDP?login?page. Once authenticated, they’ll have seamless access to your?site.
    3. Furthermore, we can use the role mapping feature of the plugin to assign specific WordPress roles to users based on their profile information or groups in their institution’s IDP. This role mapping will help determine which pages and data they can access on your journal site.

    If you’d like, we can schedule a quick Zoom call or Google Meet to discuss your needs in more detail. Please feel free to share your time zone and availability through the free plugin’s support form, and we’ll arrange a meeting with you accordingly.

    Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or concerns.

    Thanks,
    Anukasha

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