Can I pass Wordpress URL parameters to identify a user?
Hey Experts!!
Site A = Microsoft Azure platform
Site W = Wordpress platform
I have a bit of a dilemma. I have 2 sites, Site A and Site W. Site A is where all of my customer data is stored. Site W is where they will be purchasing products.
I control NOTHING on Site A, but have full control of Site W.
My question is this:
If Site A can pass me URL variables, can I identify and possibly login users on my Wordpress site(Site W)? I realize I may have to keep the user data in 2 separate places, but I'll have to tackle this later. For now I just need to know if and how I can do this.
Site A = Microsoft Azure platform
Site W = Wordpress platform
I have a bit of a dilemma. I have 2 sites, Site A and Site W. Site A is where all of my customer data is stored. Site W is where they will be purchasing products.
I control NOTHING on Site A, but have full control of Site W.
My question is this:
If Site A can pass me URL variables, can I identify and possibly login users on my Wordpress site(Site W)? I realize I may have to keep the user data in 2 separate places, but I'll have to tackle this later. For now I just need to know if and how I can do this.
ASKER
I read the codex, however I don't want to update a user. Unless I misread, it seems I can only update their account. Rather take them to a product page or at least their account page.
Surprisingly, WordPress is pretty weak on SSO and passthrough login solutions. The closest/best plugin to look into at this time is Keyring:
http://wordpress.org/plugins/keyring/
Alternately, you can bypass the wp-users table for an external database:
http://wordpress.org/plugins/external-db-auth-reloaded/
I have implemented something similar to the above plugin (also using the original external-db-auth abandoned plugin as the base) and it works very well.
http://wordpress.org/plugins/keyring/
Alternately, you can bypass the wp-users table for an external database:
http://wordpress.org/plugins/external-db-auth-reloaded/
I have implemented something similar to the above plugin (also using the original external-db-auth abandoned plugin as the base) and it works very well.
ASKER
Thanks Jason, I'll definitely look into those.
Along the same note though, would there be a better way of going about all of this? Obviously besides having the same platform on the same domain for everything.
Along the same note though, would there be a better way of going about all of this? Obviously besides having the same platform on the same domain for everything.
There really isn't. Your problem is a fundamental one: the data isn't where it needs to be and you don't have enough control to implement a more granular solution. So a login token or external authentication are your only choices.
ASKER
So where can I learn more about actually doing it? I've never done anything this "heavy". Any tutorials or good articles you could recommend?
After that I'll close the question and then ask more specific questions as they come up.
After that I'll close the question and then ask more specific questions as they come up.
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Thanks for all the info Jason. I haven't done anything like that yet of course. But I'll be looking into it this week.
Stay tuned, I'm sure this will be a lot of fun. Thanks again.
Stay tuned, I'm sure this will be a lot of fun. Thanks again.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_update_user