# Questions Regarding Account Authentication Methods

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/questions-regarding-account-authentication-methods/80091>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [February 8, 2018, 8:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/questions-regarding-account-authentication-methods/80091 "2018-02-08T08:44:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 12:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/questions-regarding-account-authentication-methods/80091/5 "2018-02-08T12:48:33Z")

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> [@erlend\_sh](#):
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> Might be possible with a special SSO setup or plugin but we have no plans to do automatic authentication.

Hmm, that is a bit disappointing.  
If I were to setup Discourse to use a WordPress database for SSO and use Discourse for comments then it would be a little bit inconvenient to hit the sign in button for Discourse to post comments if the user is already logged in to WordPress.

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