# Is it possible to authenticate a Wordpress login via Discourse? **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-authenticate-a-wordpress-login-via-discourse/126184 **Category:** SSO **Created:** [19 augustus 2019 om 15:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-authenticate-a-wordpress-login-via-discourse/126184 "2019-08-19T15:12:32Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman) #### Post date: [19 augustus 2019 om 15:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-authenticate-a-wordpress-login-via-discourse/126184/2 "2019-08-19T15:44:16Z")
Use the search, Luke. > [@Install and configure the WP Discourse Wordpress plugin for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-plugin-installation-and-setup/50752): > > To get started with the [WP Discourse](https://github.com/discourse/wp-discourse) Plugin, go through each of these topics in order and watch the videos at the top of the topic. [Install the plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-the-wp-discourse-plugin/223489/1)[Connect to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/connect-wp-discourse-to-discourse/223490/1)[Set up Publishing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-and-publishing-posts-to-discourse/223492/1)[Set up Commenting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-and-commenting/223493/1)[Set up DiscourseConnect](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-and-discourseconnect/223494/1) The two main plugin features, Publishing and [DiscourseConnect](https://meta.discourse.org/t/13045?silent=true) don’t have to be used together. You can just set up Publishing (and Commenting), and not use [DiscourseConnect](https://meta.discourse.org/t/13045?silent=true), or just set up [DiscourseConnect](https://meta.discourse.org/t/13045?silent=true), or set up both. There’s a short description of each featu… > [@WP Discourse plugin tips and tricks](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-plugin-tips-and-tricks/50757): > > This topic has a number of tips and tricks for users of the [WP Discourse](https://github.com/discourse/wp-discourse) WordPress plugin. Adjust the comments\_number sync period for WordPress archive pages To get the correct number of Discourse comments for a post, the plugin needs to periodically make an HTTP request to Discourse to get the current comments number. On single pages this period is set to be no more often than every 10 minutes. For archive pages the period is set to no more than once every 24 hours. The reason for this is to a… --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-authenticate-a-wordpress-login-via-discourse/126184)._