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Authenticate Node.js against your own Wordpress website

Add Wordpress blog to your Node.js website (or vice versa), where user's Wordpress account automatically works in your Node.js.

  • single user account used both in your Wordpress and Node.js. No need to have separate Wordpress and Node.js user accounts.
  • when user visits your Node.js site, redirect user to your Wordpress site to enter username/password, then redirect back to your Node.js (just like authenticating against Google/Facebook/Twitter, but against your own Wordpress)
  • manage Node.js users in Wordpress
  • to be clear, authentication is against your own Wordpress site, not against wordpress.com
  • Node.js + Express.js + Passport.js + MongoDb + Wordpress

Based on Getting Started and Local Authentication tutorial from scotch.io. Uses WP OAuth Server free plugin and passport-wordpress-oauth-server npm module.

Instructions

Let's assume your blog runs at mywordpressblog.example.com and your Node.js (this code) runs at http://localhost:8080/.

I. Set up Wordpress

  1. Install Wordpress (if you haven't done so already)
  2. Install Wordpress plugin WP OAuth Server, free
  3. Configure the WP Oauth Server plugin
  • in Wordpress admin panel (dashboard menu on the left), click OAuth Server, click Clients tab, click Add New Client
  • enter client name, e.g. My Node.js Site, enter Redirect URI, e.g. https://localhost:8080/auth/wordpress/callback
  • once client is created, you will see a list of clients (containing only "My Node.js") - write down client ID, then mouse over "My Node.js", Show Secret link will appear, click Show Secret and write down your client secret

II. Set up Node.js

  1. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/bfbca/easy-node-authentication
  2. Install mongoDb on localhost (no admin/password), if you haven't done so already Optionally, detailed database configuration is located in config/database.js
  3. Install packages: cd easy-node-authentication, then npm install
  4. Change auth keys in config/auth.js - insert client ID, client secret from WP OAuth Server plugin. Change out your Wordpress site URL and (if not localhost:8080) your Node.js site URL.
  5. Launch: node server.js
  6. Open our browser at: http://localhost:8080

For production, make sure Node.js and your blog run on https to make the authentication process secure.