API Bearer Auth vs Login for Google Apps

The API Bearer Auth plugin enables authentication for the REST API by using JWT access an refresh tokens. After the user logs in, the access and refresh tokens are returned and can be used for the next requests. Issued tokens can be revoked from within the users admin screen. See below for the endpoints. Note that after activating this plugin, all REST API endpoints will need to be authenticated, unless the endpoint is whitelisted in the api_bearer_auth_unauthenticated_urls filter (see FAQ for how to use this filter). JWT Access tokens can be formatted as JWT tokens. For this to work, you first have to create a secret and add it to the wp-config.php file. If you don’t do this, access tokens will work also, but are just random strings. To create a random secret key, you can do for example: base64_encode(openssl_random_pseudo_bytes(64)); And then add the result to wp-config: define('API_BEARER_JWT_SECRET', 'mysecretkey'); If you have problems, you can verify your JWT tokens at: https://jwt.io/ Revoke tokens This plugin adds a column to the users table in de admin where you can see when a token expires. You can also revoke tokens by selection the “Revoke API tokens” from the bulk actions select box. API endpoints Note that all endpoints expect JSON in the POST body. Login Endpoint: POST /api-bearer-auth/v1/login Request body: Note: client_name is optional. But if you use it, make sure to use it as well for the refresh call! {"username": "my_username", "password": "my_password", "client_name": "my_app"} Response: { "wp_user": { "data": { "ID": 1, "user_login": "your_user_login", // other default WordPress user fields } }, "access_token": "your_access_token", "expires_in": 86400, // number of seconds "refresh_token": "your_refresh_token" } Make sure to save the access and refresh token! Refresh access token Endpoint: POST /api-bearer-auth/v1/tokens/refresh Request body: Note: client_name is optional. But if you did use it for the login call, make sure to use it here as well! {"token": "your_refresh_token", "client_name": "my_app"} Response success: { "access_token": "your_new_access_token", "expires_in": 86400 } Response when sending a wrong refresh token is a 401: { "code": "api_api_bearer_auth_error_invalid_token", "message": "Invalid token.", "data": { "status": 401 } } Do a request After you have the access token, you can make requests to authenticated endpoints with an Authorization header like this: Authorization: Bearer Note that Apache sometimes strips out the Authorization header. If this is the case, make sure to add this to the .htaccess file: RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} ^(.*) # Don't know why, but some need the line below instead of the RewriteRule line # SetEnvIf Authorization .+ HTTP_AUTHORIZATION=$0 RewriteRule ^(.*) - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%1] If you are not logged in or you send an invalid access token, you get a 401 response: { "code": "api_bearer_auth_not_logged_in", "message": "You are not logged in.", "data": { "status": 401 } } Important update Update immediately if you’re using a version below 20200807. Before this version all access tokens were updated when calling the refresh callback. If you are affected by this the fastest solution is to execute this query: update wp_user_tokens set access_token_valid = NOW(); This will invalidate all access tokens. This means that all users need to refresh their access token and will get a new access token and a unique one this time. A big thank to @harchvertelol for reporting this and suggesting the fix as well!

Login for Google Apps allows existing WordPress user accounts to log in to your website using Google to securely authenticate their account. This means that if they are already logged into Gmail – they can simply click their way through the WordPress login screen – no username or password is explicitly required! Login for Google Apps uses secure oAuth2 authentication recommended by Google, including 2-factor authentication (2FA) if enabled for your Google Workspace (formerly known as Google Apps and G Suite) accounts. This is far simpler to configure than the older SAML protocol. Login for Google Apps is trusted by thousands of organizations from schools to large public companies. Login for Google Apps for WordPress is the most popular enterprise grade plugin enabling login and user management based on your Google Workspace domain. Its plugin setup requires you to have admin access to any Google Workspace domain, or a regular Gmail account, to register and obtain two simple codes from Google. Support and Premium features Full support and premium features are also available for purchase: Eliminate the need for Google Workspace (previously called “Google Apps and G Suite”) domain admins to separately manage WordPress user accounts, and get peace of mind that only authorized employees have access to your organization’s websites and intranet. See our website at wp-glogin.com for more details. The Premium version allows everyone in your Google Workspace (Google Apps / G Suite) domain to log in to WordPress – an account will be automatically created in WordPress if one doesn’t already exist. Our Enterprise version goes further, allowing you to specify granular access and role controls based on Google Group or Organizational Unit membership. You can also see logs of accounts created and roles changed by the plugin. Extensible Platform Login for Google Apps allows you to centralize your site’s Google functionality and build your own extensions, or use third-party extensions, which require no configuration themselves and share the same user authentication and permissions that users already allowed for Login for Google Apps itself. Using our platform, your website appears to Google accounts as one unified ‘web application’, making it more secure and easier to manage. Google Drive Embedder is an extension plugin allowing users to browse for Google Drive documents to embed directly in their posts or pages. Google Apps Directory is an extension plugin allowing logged-in users to search your Google Apps employee directory from a widget on your intranet or client site. Google Profile Avatars is available on our website. It displays users’ Google profile photos in place of their avatars throughout your site. Login for Google Apps works on single or multisite WordPress websites or private intranets. Requirements One-click login will work for the following domains and user accounts: Google Workspace Starter Google Workspace Business Standard Google Workspace Business Plus Google Workspace Enterprise Google Workspace for Nonprofits Google Workspace for Government Google Classroom (Google Workspace for Education) Personal gmail.com and googlemail.com emails Login for Google Apps uses the latest secure OAuth2 authentication recommended by Google. Other 3rd party authentication plugins may allow you to use your Google username and password to login, but they do not do this securely unless they also use OAuth2. This is discussed further in the FAQ. Translations This plugin currently operates in multiple languages. We welcome volunteers to translate into their own language. If you would like to contribute a translation, please open the WordPress.org Translation portal. Website and Upgrades Please see our website https://wp-glogin.com/ for more information about this free plugin and extra features available in our Premium and Enterprise upgrades, plus support details, other plugins, and useful guides for admins of WordPress sites and Google Apps. The Premium and Enterprise versions eliminate the need to manage user accounts in your WordPress site – everything is synced from Google Apps instead. If you are building your organization’s intranet on WordPress, try out our All-In-One Intranet plugin.