Title: Feature Request: Multiple Authentication Methods
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Feature Request: Multiple Authentication Methods

 *  [robdumas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robdumas/)
 * (@robdumas)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-multiple-authentication-methods/)
 * I’ve seen a few plugins for WP that allow users to use logins such as Facebook,
   Google and others, but most are hacks. (No offense, plugin writers.)
 * What I would like to see in WP (perhaps in version 3.0) is a totally re-written
   authentication system which would allow WP administrators to drop in authentication
   methods as easily as a simple plugin. (Okay, Facebook Connect will require an
   app, but you know what I mean.) In this way, WP administrators could reach out
   to a wide base of readers and let those users log in to the site they’re reading
   using one of the logins they already use on popular websites.
 * Here are the authentication methods I would like to see available as simple options
   in WordPress:
    - Google
    - WordPress.com
    - Facebook Connect (would require admin to set up a FB app)
    - LiveJournal (OpenID)
    - Yahoo (OpenID?)
    - AOL Instant Messenger (OpenID)
    - Vox/TypePad
    - simple login (like the current method; if user has none of these)
 * Yes, it’s kind of like Movable Type’s login system (only with a lot less ugly
   SEO-friendly garbage…ZING!), but in this day and age, when people have lots of
   web services that they use regularly, why not design WP to let people use those
   everyday logins on more sites? (I know *I* hate remembering a lot of accounts.)

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