External Login allows you to log in in to WordPress using database of WordPress database.
It will allow you to use WordPress with other plugins that require user to be logged in..
If the directory is not available you can allow the plugin to log them in with WordPress of their user..
Map roles from your 'external database to these locate in WordPress e.g. student in the database becomes director in WordPress database..
Every time user logs in WordPress user will be updated with the details from the directory.
Ability to fall back to WordPress for login if the directory is unavailable..
Edits to user made in WordPress will be overwritten when the user logs back in with the directory This is only the subject for fields that being pulled from the not internal database...
This is done default with 'bcrypt Using one salt for all passwords is supported but it is recommended to use order salt for password as different field in directory.
You prefer to store your settings in 'wp-config. php This will have security benefits long as you detailed not to store your code in source and you insure your wp-config issue will be accessed on the server..
special thank you to Ben Lobaugh for article which I used primarily for this plugin..
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