Authorizer vs Login for Google Apps

Authorizer restricts access to a WordPress site to specific users, typically students enrolled in a university course. It maintains a list of approved users that you can edit to determine who has access. It also replaces the default WordPress login/authorization system with one relying on an external server, such as Google, CAS, LDAP, or an OAuth2 provider. Finally, Authorizer lets you limit invalid login attempts to prevent bots from compromising your users’ accounts. View or contribute to the plugin source on GitHub: https://github.com/uhm-coe/authorizer Authorizer requires the following: CAS server (2.x, 3.x, 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, or 7.x) or LDAP server (plugin needs the URL) PHP extensions: php-ldap, php-curl, php-dom Authorizer provides the following options: Authentication: WordPress accounts; Google accounts; CAS accounts; LDAP accounts; OAuth2 accounts Login Access: All authenticated users (all local and all external can log in); Only specific users (all local and approved external users can log in) View Access: Everyone (open access); Only logged in users Limit Login Attempts: Progressively increase the amount of time required between invalid login attempts. Shortcode: Use the [authorizer_login_form] shortcode to embed a wp_login_form() outside of wp-login.php.

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.