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WordPress Social Login |
Social Login |
Social |
LoginRadius |
Users Ultra |
WP-OAuth |
Janrain Social Login |
Social Connect |
PLUGIN OVERVIEW |
Developer: |
Miled |
Claude Schlesser / OneAll |
Alex King / Crowd Favorite / MailChimp |
LoginRadius |
Users Ultra |
Perry Butler |
Byron / Janrain |
Rodrigo Primo |
Rating: |
4.1 (135 reviews) |
3.9 (235 reviews) |
3.4 (108 reviews) |
3.4 (113 reviews) |
4.8 (129 reviews) |
5.0 (2 reviews) |
3.5 (78 reviews) |
4.2 (110 reviews) |
Requires WP version: |
3.0+ |
3.0+ |
3.8+ |
3.4+ |
3.0.1+ |
4.0+ |
3.5+ |
3.0+ |
Total number of downloads: |
153,977 |
328,353 |
362,033 |
256,620 |
59,000 |
710 |
133,147 |
86,697 |
Number of downloads over 1 week: |
2,216 (+1.4%) |
1,677 (+0.5%) |
4,227 (+1.2%) |
2,354 (+0.9%) |
3,132 (+5.3%) |
207 (+34.3%) |
47 (+0.03%) |
232 (+0.26%) |
Last updated: |
9 days ago |
29 days ago |
331 days ago |
20 days ago |
Today |
Today |
90 days ago |
68 days ago |
Cost: |
Free |
Freemium or $8-$158 monthly |
Free |
Freemium or $150-$450 monthly |
Freemium or $50-$160 yearly |
Free |
Freemium or $10-$2,250 monthly |
Free |
PLUGIN FEATURES AND LIMITATIONS |
Social login included with free version: |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Number of providers: |
25+ |
25+ |
2 |
25+ |
5 |
8 |
30+ |
5 |
White label / unbranded: |
Yes |
Requires paid plan |
Yes |
Requires paid plan |
Yes |
Yes |
Requires paid plan |
Yes |
Login / registration limits: |
No |
>2,500 users requires paid plan |
No |
No |
No |
No |
>2,500 users requires paid plan |
No |
Site / domain usage limits: |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Paid plans allow usage on 1 site or unlimited sites |
No |
No |
No |
Creates (registers) new WordPress user accounts automatically: |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (Paid plan) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Link third-party providers to WordPress user accounts: |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes (Paid plan) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Works with existing user accounts: |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Provides login widgets or shortcodes: |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes (Paid plan) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Import friends, contacts, etc. from third-party providers: |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes (Paid plan) |
No |
Yes |
No |
Social commenting: |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Social sharing: |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Includes login and registration tracking / stats: |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes (Paid plan) |
No |
No |
No |
Customize where users are redirected after login/logout: |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Compatible with WordPress Multisite: |
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Yes (Paid plan) |
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Compatible with BuddyPress: |
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Yes |
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Compatible with bbPress: |
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Yes |
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Compatible with Theme My Login: |
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PLUGIN TECHNOLOGY AND SECURITY |
Authentication method: |
OAuth |
OAuth |
OAuth |
OAuth |
OAuth, OpenID |
OAuth, OpenID Connect |
OAuth |
OAuth, OpenID |
Users are authenticated through a proxy, middleman, single integration point or online service that sits between the WordPress site and the third-party providers: |
No |
Yes, OneAll |
Yes, MailChimp |
Yes, LoginRadius |
No |
No |
Yes, Janrain Engage |
No |
Identifies authenticated users via their permanent unique user identifier: |
Yes, with email address |
No, identifies via email address |
No, identifies via username |
No, identifies via email address |
Yes, with email address |
Yes |
Yes |
No, identifies via email address |
Requests and/or stores private or sensitive user info from the third-party: |
Yes, the user’s email address |
Yes, the user’s email address, avatar, full name, etc. |
Yes, the user’s username |
Yes, the user’s email address |
Yes, the user’s email address |
No |
No |
Yes, the user’s email address |
An open-source library included with the plugin handles authentication: |
Yes, HybridAuth |
No |
No |
Yes, LoginRadius PHP SDK |
Yes, Google API PHP Client, LightOpenID, Twitter OAuth, etc. |
No |
No |
Yes, Facebook PHP SDK, LightOpenID |
Uses an outdated or deprecated technology / library: |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes, LightOpenID |
No |
No |
Yes, LightOpenID |
Calls third-party provider APIs that are secured with SSL via insecure (non-SSL) URLs: |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Educates users/admins about good security practices when using the plugin: |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Includes one or more settings related to security: |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Warns admins when configuration changes may affect security: |
No |
Yes |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Yes |
N/A |
N/A |
Installs with and defaults to a secure configuration: |
No |
Yes |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Yes |
N/A |
N/A |
Mentions SSL / HTTPS at all: |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Recommends the WordPress site to use an SSL certificate: |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Requires the WordPress site to use an SSL certificate: |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
SSL features are enabled by default: |
No |
Yes |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Yes |
N/A |
N/A |
Performs SSL host verification: |
No |
No |
N/A |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Performs SSL peer verification: |
No |
No |
N/A |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Performance overhead – tested with P3 Performance Profiler (lower is better): |
84%, 0.0362 sec |
52%, 0.0107 sec |
77%, 0.0354 sec |
89%, 0.0705 sec |
95%, 0.1087 sec |
51%, 0.0114 sec |
89%, 0.048 sec |
77%, 0.0212 sec |