# Sign in to Discourse using ORCID

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/sign-in-to-discourse-using-orcid/105488
**Category:** SSO
**Created:** [January 2, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sign-in-to-discourse-using-orcid/105488 "2019-01-02T16:29:19Z")
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### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sign-in-to-discourse-using-orcid/105488/3 "2019-01-02T16:34:01Z")

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Another option, which might involve less manual configuration, is the discourse-openid-connect plugin

> [@Discourse OpenID Connect (OIDC)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/openid-connect-authentication-plugin/103632):
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> discourse2Summary Discourse OpenID Connect allows an OpenID Connect provider to be used as an authentication provider for Discourse.open_bookInstall Guide This plugin is bundled with Discourse core. There is no need to install the plugin separately. Features The plugin aims to provide a minimal implementation of [the specification](https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-basic-1_0.html). Specifically, it supports the “Authorization Code Flow”. To get started, follow [the plugin installation instructions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugins-in-discourse/19157), or contact your hosti…

It looks like ORCID has support for openid-connect: [https://sandbox.orcid.org/.well-known/openid-configuration](https://sandbox.orcid.org/.well-known/openid-configuration)

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