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OAuth and XRDS-Simple in Wordpress

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I'm publishing two plugins today.  The first is pretty simple in what it can do for users directly - the XRDS-Simple plugin allows users to delegate their OpenID to their Wordpress blog - basically letting you log in on OpenID enabled sites using your blog address, but without needing to run your own provider.

On a far geekier level, the plugin allows other plugins to add XRDS-Simple services and other information (such as OAuth Discovery) using a progammatic API.  A brief example of this API is on the plugin's page.

I am also releasing a more DiSo related plugin - WP-OAuth.  This plugin enables interacting with Wordpress authentication using the open OAuth protocol.  This could be exciting if combined with AtomPub or another protocol / format supported by Wordpress or another plugin.

Tags:

• DiSo
• OAuth
• Plugin
• Tech
• Wordpress
• XRDS-Simple

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2 Comments

1. Comment at 1208965386//Y-m-d2008-04-23 1208965386//H:i10:43 by Joseph Scott

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   I'm very curious about the potential of using OAuth with XML-RPC in WordPress. Are there any current resources that discuss such a combination?

2. Comment at 1208965896//Y-m-d2008-04-23 1208965896//H:i10:51 by Stephen Paul Weber

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   I've not worked with XML-RPC much, but based on what I've seen thus far of Wordpress code I can't see why it wouldn't work

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