OpenID

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1. Olaf Gradin (1 comments.) says:

   2/26/2007 at 2:50 pm

   I’ve actually implemented OpenID in my comment system for added support for other logins. That is, I still use anonymous (moderated) posting, but OpenID gives my commentators a chance to bypass that. Unfortunately, I’ve not seen it in practice yet. I’ve used my own OpenID authentication on other sites (primarily LJ), but no one has shown any interest in reciprocating. I agree that it could potentially be a great thing – it just has to catch on first.
2. Xial (3 comments.) says:

   2/26/2007 at 2:51 pm

   I’ve been wanting, and waiting for WordPress to actually catch the heck up with OpenID.

   I’d like to actually see some sort of support built in for it, so my Livejournal friends can just pop over, use their LJ credentials to authenticate, and comment away, without having to fill out the form fields each time to just say a few words.

   I’m using the VerseLogic plugin, but it’s just a bit broken, here and there.
3. Dmitry Shechtman (3 comments.) says:

   2/26/2007 at 3:38 pm

   “A working version”?

   How about that for a working version?
4. Doug Karr (5 comments.) says:

   2/26/2007 at 3:48 pm

   There are some plugins already available for OpenID for WordPress. As well, you can simply install and configure it yourself. It’s really quite simple – I’m impressed!

   More on my Blog on OpenID
5. AlastairC (1 comments.) says:

   2/26/2007 at 4:48 pm

   If you have a look at some of Simon’s posts, you’ll see that he’s suggesting a de-centralised whitelisting approach, where you trust particular site’s whitelists, and perhaps share your own.
6. Mark (386 comments.) says:

   2/26/2007 at 5:10 pm

   Alastair, that can make whitelists even more dangerous!
7. Dmitry Shechtman (3 comments.) says:

   2/26/2007 at 5:15 pm

   Alastair, that can make whitelists even more dangerous!

   I hate to link to my own blog, but I believe you’re looking for FOAFID.

   I’d love to hear your concerns in detail.
8. Abhijit Nadgouda (2 comments.) says:

   2/26/2007 at 10:43 pm

   I was fascinated by OpenID when I was introduced to it. Currently I use my blog URL as OpenID and support OpenID in the comments. I think we can really make it mainstream, it really helps me as a user.
9. Alpesh Nakar (5 comments.) says:

   2/26/2007 at 10:45 pm

   Yes as I pointed out to Doug, there are couple of plugins for WordPress. I have implemented them and will see how it goes
   It would be great to have openid for commenting. Implementing that means users get registered on my blog. That means I am creating a database of users. Which is good. Will the users take off from there?
   It will be interesting to see the users/readers perspective on that.
   Cheers!
   Alpesh
10. Alpesh Nakar (5 comments.) says:

    2/26/2007 at 10:54 pm

    Now this might sound non-geeky, Abhijit how can we use our blog url as openid. Do you actually create an account with that id? Baffles me
    Cheers!
    Alpesh
11. Alpesh Nakar (5 comments.) says:

    2/26/2007 at 11:03 pm

    I figured this out

    Cheers!
    Alpesh
12. Klaus (1 comments.) says:

    2/27/2007 at 6:07 am

    We support OpenID on our blog in the comments and in the admin center of WordPress. For this we use the plugin from Sourceforge. It works very well!

    Another advantage of the plugin is, that you can tie OpenID-Identities to an existing WordPress account. So you can either login with your username/password-combination or your OpenID-Account.
13. Leftblank (4 comments.) says:

    2/27/2007 at 11:38 am

    I’ve written two articles on this one, if anyone is interested, the first one explains what OpenID is as well as how to use your own URL as login, the second one explains how to install this plugin. Works like a champ and I’ve got it on my blog as well, feel free to try it out there.
14. Greg (1 comments.) says:

    2/28/2007 at 9:08 pm

    I use OpenID at my WP blog too. There wasn’t any advantage in using the default local WP registration system for users to identify themselves (my site is just too small) and I was just getting a lot of spambots signing up anyway. I like that OpenID makes local registration unnecessary but allows people to identify themselves consistently.
15. Dmitry Shechtman (3 comments.) says:

    2/28/2007 at 9:29 pm

    Greg, if your WP OpenID plugin doesn’t register users, I want it for my blog!