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Login by Auth0

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Description

This plugin replaces standard WordPress login forms with one powered by Auth0 that enables:

  • Universal authentication
    • Over 30 social login providers
    • Enterprise connections (ADFS, Active Directory / LDAP, SAML, Office 365, Google Apps and more)
    • Connect your own database
    • Passwordless connections (using email or SMS)
  • Ultra secure
    • Multifactor authentication
    • Password policies
    • Email validation
    • Mitigate brute force attacks

Technical Notes

IMPORTANT: By using this plugin you are delegating the site authentication and profile handling to Auth0. That means that you won’t be using the WordPress database to authenticate users and the default WordPress login forms will be replaced.

Please see our How It Works page for more information on how Auth0 authenticates and manages your users.

Migrating Existing Users

Auth0 allows multiple authentication providers. You can have social providers like Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and more, a database of users and passwords (just like WordPress but hosted in Auth0), or you can use an Enterprise directory like Active Directory, LDAP, Office365, Google Apps, or SAML. All those authentication providers might give you an email and a flag indicating whether the email was verified or not. We use that email (only if it is verified) to associate a previous existing user with the one coming from Auth0.

If the email was not verified and there is an account with that email in WordPress, the user will be presented with a page saying that the email was not verified and a link to “Re-send the verification email.” For either scenario, you can choose whether it is mandatory that the user has a verified email or not in the plugin settings.

Please note: In order for a user to log in using Auth0, they will need to sign up via the Auth0 login form (or have an account created for them in Auth0). Once signup is complete, their Auth0 user will be automatically associated with their WordPress user.

Widget

You can enable Auth0 as a WordPress widget in order to show it in a sidebar. The widget inherits the main plugin settings but can be overridden with its own settings in the widget form. Note: this form will not display for logged-in users.

Shortcode

Also, you can use the Auth0 widget as a shortcode in your editor. Just add the following to use the global settings:

[auth0]

Like widgets, shortcode login forms will use the settings of the plugin. It can be customized by adding the following attributes:

  • icon_url – A direct URL to an image used at the top of the login form
  • form_title – Text to appear at the top of the login form
  • gravatar – Display the user’s Gravatar; set to 1 for yes
  • redirect_to – A direct URL to use after successful login
  • dict – Valid JSON to override form text (see options here)
  • extra_conf – Valid JSON to override Lock configuration (see options here)
  • show_as_modal – Display a button that triggers the login form in a modal; set to 1 for yes
  • modal_trigger_name – Button text to display when using a modal

Example:

[auth0 show_as_modal="1" modal_trigger_name="Login button: This text is configurable!"]

Note: this form will not display for logged-in users.

This plugin requires a free or paid Auth0 account.

  1. Sign up here.
  2. Follow the installation instructions here.
Can I customize the Auth0 login form?

The Auth0 login form is called Lock and it’s open source on GitHub. You can style the form like any of your site components by enqueuing a stylesheet in your theme. Use the login_enqueue_scripts hook to style the form on wp-login.php, wp_enqueue_scripts to style widgets and shortcodes, or both to affect the form in all locations.

Can I access the user profile information?

The Auth0 plugin transparently handles login information for your WordPress site and the plugins you use, so that it looks like any other login. User profile data changes in WordPress are not currently sent to Auth0 but changes to the Auth0 user account are stored in WordPress user meta (under the key auth0_obj prefixed with $wpdb->prefix).

When I install this plugin, will existing users still be able to log in?

Yes, either by allowing the WordPress login form to be displayed or through migrating existing users. See the Technical Notes section above.

What authentication providers do you support?

Please see our complete list of supported social and enterprise authentication providers.

How can I use Lock configuration options that are not provided on the settings page?

Use the “Extra Settings” field on the plugin settings’ Advanced tab to add a JSON object with all additional configurations. For more information on what else can be configured, see the documentation.

Is this plugin compatible with WooCommerce?

Yes, this plugin will override the default WooCommerce login forms with the Auth0 login form.

My question is not covered here … what do I do?

All is not lost!

Avoid "Login by Auth0" – A Broken, Abandoned Mess! 🚨

By arbbi on February 7, 2025

If you're considering using the "Login by Auth0" plugin for WordPress authentication, DON'T. This plugin is an outdated, poorly maintained disaster that can break your site entirely.

❌ Fatal Errors & Crashes

Installing and activating this plugin caused a fatal error on my WordPress site, making the entire login process unusable. It hasn't been properly tested with the latest WordPress versions, and there's no sign of maintenance or bug fixes.

❌ No Support, No Updates

The plugin is practically abandoned – the last update was ages ago, and support requests are ignored or unanswered. If you run into issues, you're on your own. For a security-focused plugin, this is completely unacceptable.

❌ Security Risks

An authentication plugin that isn’t actively maintained is a massive security liability. If a vulnerability is found (which is likely, given the outdated codebase), you won’t get a fix anytime soon.

❌ Terrible User Experience

Even if the plugin doesn't crash your site (which it likely will), the configuration is a nightmare. The setup process is clunky, error-prone, and riddled with outdated documentation. Expect a frustrating experience from start to finish.

💀 Final Verdict: DO NOT USE.

Auth0 is a great identity provider, but this WordPress plugin is a complete embarrassment. If you value site stability, security, and actual support, avoid this plugin at all costs.

🔹 Uninstall immediately.
🔹 Look for a better alternative.
🔹 Hope Auth0 either fixes or completely deprecates this mess.

🚨 DO NOT TRUST YOUR SITE’S LOGIN SECURITY TO THIS BROKEN PLUGIN. 🚨

Broken wizard, poor documentation, and poor support

By philbahz on August 18, 2024

The title says it all. I spent the better part of 3 days trying to get this to work with no luck. I even paid for a plan to get support. They were little to no help. I use miniorange for my SSO needs. It works decently and has good support.

Doesn't work, abandoned

By Ivan Hryhorenko (land0r) on April 26, 2024

Unfortunately, plugin doesn't work and abandoned. On official Github repository you can find this text:

v4 of the plugin is no longer supported as of June 2023. We are no longer providing new features or bugfixes for that release. Please upgrade to v5 as soon as possible.

OAuth0 Github

But irony that v5 doesn't work as well, so both versions of plugin are just a waste of time

Excellent Plugin Made by Excellent People

By Donald Moore Jr. (donaldwmoorejr) on December 4, 2021

I have some questions about signing JWT's, but other than that, the documentation is exhaustive, which is one of the reasons why I chose it. You can tell when a project is put together well.

Great Plugin. Best for SSO between sites.

By Menn (mennstudio) on April 17, 2021

I use multiple WordPress sites and other member platform. When I set every site login via Auth0, it creates seamless experience for users. I decide to user only Passwordless email. This will help people secure their accounts (because of no password to remember and no easy password remains.)

Fails at times for no apparent reason

By svax on February 19, 2021

Multiple users are not allowed to login getting the error : "This site requires a verified email", even though this is not enabled in the settings. I've tried reporting this, getting absolutely zero response after 6 months...

Does updated the plugin used Lock 10 or Later?

By Ajay Ghaghretiya (ajayghaghretiya1) on June 26, 2018

Does the latest version of plugin use the Lock 10 or Later version of the Lock API? Please do let me know your inputs about the same. Thanks

Despite some issues, works well.

By earmbrust on March 2, 2018

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Auth0: great idea, some plugin problems, resolved quickly by Auth0 support

By DeafJoe on January 30, 2018

Now working as expected. Fast, tenacious and good support from Josh C on the plugin, after I'd posted on the forum. My problems *all* stemmed from having a blank WP Site Title. The blank Site Title caused the Auth0 Setup Wizard to end with errors. Manual configuration of Auth0 Client and Connection DB got the plugin to work, but then couldn't login after update of plugin to 3.5.1 I've stuck with the plugin as the benefits are so good, here are some of them: * easier and trustworthy signup and login for users * in Auth0 site able to amend a couple of example rules to have Whitelist of domains and email addresses to restrict who can sign up and login, which is great for testing * advent of GDPR in EU May 2018 means we can meet the data restrictions by ensuring all sensitive (and attributable) user data in Auth0 rather than our site, still checking with the lawyers as to whether this will meet our GDPR obligations * harmonised sign up login across a multi-host solution in GO-lang, NodeJS, WordPress, PHP, YAML API in Swagger and other technologies

Does not work, No support

By tylerc515 on January 18, 2018

The plugin does not work as intended. It worked for a while and I loved it, but I cannot use it anymore as my users cannot sign in. I am forced to look for another solution because there is no support available for the free version.

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