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title: WordPress Integration
description: "## Introduction ScholarLMS allows seamless integration between your ScholarLMS account and WordPress website using a dedicated WordPress plugin. This integration enables Single Sign-On (SSO), allowing users logged into your WordPress site to access the LMS without needing to log in…"
url: "https://www.scholarlms.com/docs/wordpress-integration/"
updated: "2026-03-05"
category: Learning Management System
---

# WordPress Integration

## Introduction

ScholarLMS allows seamless integration between your ScholarLMS account and WordPress website using a dedicated WordPress plugin.

This integration enables Single Sign-On (SSO), allowing users logged into your WordPress site to access the LMS without needing to log in again.

![ScholarLMS Wordpress SSO](https://s3media.scholarlms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/15123919/ScholarLMS-Wordpress-Integration-logos-300x103.png)

#### How SSO Works

- If a user logs into WordPress and does not exist in the LMS, a corresponding account will be automatically created in the LMS.
- However, logging into the LMS directly will not create a WordPress account.
- If a user is already logged into WordPress, they will also be automatically logged into LMS account, ensuring a seamless, unified login experience.

## Configuration on ScholarLMS Site

#### Adding Wordpress SSO Authentication

**Step 1**: Step 1: Log in to your ScholarLMS admin account

**Step 2**. Navigate to Settings → Advanced Settings → Plugins → Authentication → Manage Authentication

![doc wordpress sso manage authentication](https://s3media.scholarlms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/17161210/doc-wordpress-sso-manage-authentication.jpg)

**Step 3**: On the Manage Authentication page, find **Wordpress SSO authentication**

- Click the crossed eye icon to enable it.
- Then click Settings. WordPress SSO Authentication.

![doc wordpress enable sso authentication](https://s3media.scholarlms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/17161445/doc-wordpress-enable-sso-authentication.jpg)

**Step 4**: On the Settings page:

- Generate a Secret Key using this [GUID generator](https://www.guidgenerator.com/online-guid-generator.aspx)
- Enter your WordPress site URL
- Click Save Changes

**Note:** Make sure to copy this Secret key, it will be used in Wordpress Plugin settings

![doc wordpress sso authentication settings](https://s3media.scholarlms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/17161534/doc-wordpress-sso-authentication-settings.jpg)

#### Setting up Wordpress SSO External Services

**Step 1**: Now again from left navigation, navigate to Settings → Advanced settings → Server → Web services → External services

![doc wordpress sso external services menu](https://s3media.scholarlms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/17161904/doc-wordpress-sso-external-services-menu.jpg)

**Step 2**: Scroll to the WordPress SSO service → Click Authorized Users

![doc wordpress sso external services](https://s3media.scholarlms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/17162030/doc-wordpress-sso-external-services.jpg)

- Add your LMS admin user from the right panel to the list of authorized users

#### ![doc wordpress sso authorized users](https://s3media.scholarlms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/17162049/doc-wordpress-sso-authorized-users.jpg)

#### Creating a Web Service Token

**Step 1**: Navigate to Settings → Advanced settings → Server → Web services → Manage tokens, and then click on “**Create token**” button.

**Step 2**: On the Add Token page:

- - Select the admin user
  - Under Service, choose WordPress SSO
  - Uncheck Valid until option
  - Click Save changes

![doc wordpress sso create token form](https://s3media.scholarlms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/17162854/doc-wordpress-sso-create-token-form.jpg)

**Step 3**: Copy this webserivce token shown on this page — you'll need it for the WordPress plugin configuration.

**Warning:** Make sure to copy the token now — it will no longer be visible once you leave or refresh this page.

## Configuration on WordPress site

**Step 1**: Download the ScholarLMS SSO plugin from [here](https://s3media.scholarlms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/05094333/ScholarLMS-SSO-4.0.0.zip).

**Step 2**: Install the plugin via:

- WordPress dashboard → Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin
   or
- FTP upload to /wp-content/plugins/

**Step 3**: Activate the plugin

**Step 4**: From the WordPress dashboard left navigation click ScholarLMS.

**Step 5**: Provide values to make integration between Wordpress and ScholarLMS.

![doc wordpress ScholarLMS wordpress settings](https://s3media.scholarlms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/17165835/doc-wordpress-ScholarLMS-wordpress-settings.jpg)

- **ScholarLMS URL**: Your ScholarLMS site URL (e.g., https://yourlms.scholarlms.com/)
- **Web Service Token**: Insert the web service token
- **Secret Key**: Insert the secret key
- **Redirect URL**: The page users should be redirected to after login (e.g., your My Account or Dashboard page on WordPress). This ensures a smooth user experience by sending them directly to the appropriate page after successful login.

Click Save Changes. If everything is configured correctly, you’ll see a success message.

#### (Optional) Map Custom User Profile Fields

After saving settings:

- You’ll see a list of LMS profile fields that can be mapped to WordPress user fields
- Use supported user meta shortcodes to match fields e.g. [GETUSERMETA key='nickname'], [GETUSERMETA key='phone']