User Authentication

  • Resolved hurf0rd

    (@hurf0rd)


    5 years, 8 months ago

    Hi,

    I’m just looking for some information to aid my understanding of WordPress.

    I have several friends who already use WordPress. I’m not sure who all of their hosts are. I myself already have a WordPress site hosted by wordpress.com.

    I am thinking about self-hosting instead.

    My question is: if I start to self-host, will my friends need to create accounts on my server before they are able to like and comment?

    Ideally, I am looking to gain an understanding of this whole area, so if anybody has seen a URL I would be grateful if they could share it with me.

    TIA,
    Pete

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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    5 years, 8 months ago

    >> My question is: if I start to self-host, will my friends need to create accounts on my server before they are able to like and comment? <<

    It would depend on how you set the discussion settings for comments and whatever plugin you use for likes.

    Thread Starter hurf0rd

    (@hurf0rd)

    5 years, 8 months ago

    Sorry, I should have said. A user is required to be authenticated before they are permitted to comment/like. No interaction is anonymous except for “read”.

    I guess the question boils down to what they are authenticated against. A table on my server of some common service?

    I was wondering whether gravatar might play some part here.

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    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    5 years, 8 months ago

    >> I guess the question boils down to what they are authenticated against. <<

    Again, it depends. If you use Jetpack comments, then wp.com. Natively, your own user database. If you use discuz, then their database.

    Thread Starter hurf0rd

    (@hurf0rd)

    5 years, 8 months ago

    Okay, thanks, Steven. I have never heard the word “discuz” before, so I think I need to research that. It sounds exactly like the third-party authentication system which I thought must be involved.

    Thank very much you for your help.

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    5 years, 8 months ago

    I spelled it wrong. https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/search/disqus/

    Thread Starter hurf0rd

    (@hurf0rd)

    5 years, 8 months ago

    Ah, that would explain it. The other *does* exist but is a Chinese forum engine! 🤣

    I think I might have heard of disqus, although I didn’t previously register the significance. But that is a useful lead, thanks.

    Thread Starter hurf0rd

    (@hurf0rd)

    5 years, 8 months ago

    I went ahead and, on some other space I rent, configured a standalone WordPress installation (installing the Disqus plugin).

    So now I am running my wp.com and wp.org sites side-by-side. It’s kinda interesting to see both the similarities and the differences. Something like Akismet is standard (and mandatory) on wp.com but is an optional plugin on wp.org. Like Disqus, Akismet is a standalone service which requires registration.

    While Disqus is the cross-site mechanism I thought *must* exist, it appears not to be the mechanism used by wp.com.

    It was a useful experiment, just because it highlighted exactly what I am paying for on the .com site. I don’t find the differences between .org and .com to be very widely known.

    • This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by hurf0rd.
    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    5 years, 8 months ago

    Use Jetpack’s discussion module to get the same commenting as used on wp.com

    Thread Starter hurf0rd

    (@hurf0rd)

    5 years, 8 months ago

    yup, found that, thanks.

    Did not need disqus at all to connect just wp.com.

    Had an initial glitch when first configuring Jetpack – I connected as my existing wp.com account. Setup succeeded but thereafter I couldn’t swap identities on the self-host. So neewed to create a fresh account on wp.com, set up JetPack on this account, was then able to log in with my original wp account and comment as a different user.

    I realise that description could be better – if anybody reads this thread in the future please just respond and I will try to explain further.

    Thanks, Steve. Setting things up hands-on has given me a far better understanding.

    • This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by hurf0rd.
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