External User Management Support
Quote from kbrenneman@eab.com on September 10, 2019, 7:11 pm
- WP Version: 5.2.3
- Theme: Custom
Hello, we are looking to implement a forum for our member website which uses a 3rd party platform for user management (only editors and admins are loaded into WP). When a user authenticates, a call is made to the 3rd party platform and if authenticated successfully, content authorization is managed through a session cookie.
I see user groups contain an ID. Can a variable containing said ID be sent in the session cookie, which I’m hoping would control access to forum content?
Thanks
- WP Version: 5.2.3
- Theme: Custom
Hello, we are looking to implement a forum for our member website which uses a 3rd party platform for user management (only editors and admins are loaded into WP). When a user authenticates, a call is made to the 3rd party platform and if authenticated successfully, content authorization is managed through a session cookie.
I see user groups contain an ID. Can a variable containing said ID be sent in the session cookie, which I’m hoping would control access to forum content?
Thanks
Quote from Asgaros on September 10, 2019, 10:04 pmHello @kbrennemaneab-com
Usergroups are assigned to users by storing the data as terms/taxonomies. For your purpose you have to modify the entire usergroup-logic so that the relation refers to a certain ID which belongs to your external system. A custom development/implementation by yourself is required for it and there is no easy out-of-the-box solution for your use-case available because Asgaros Forum got integrated into the WordPress user-management system.
Hello @kbrennemaneab-com
Usergroups are assigned to users by storing the data as terms/taxonomies. For your purpose you have to modify the entire usergroup-logic so that the relation refers to a certain ID which belongs to your external system. A custom development/implementation by yourself is required for it and there is no easy out-of-the-box solution for your use-case available because Asgaros Forum got integrated into the WordPress user-management system.