Introduction
The Social Login feature allows users to log in and/or register to your BuddyBoss Web and App using LinkedIn social login.
Start by following the Social Login article to enable and configure this feature.
Overview
Create the LinkedIn app and insert the required details in the pop-up box of LinkedIn Social Login to enable and use it during log-in and/or user registration.
Pop-up Box
Client ID
Client Secret
Create the LinkedIn App
Navigate to https://www.linkedin.com/developer/apps
Log in with your LinkedIn credentials
Click the "Create app" button
You will be directed to the Create an app page.
Add the name of your app in the "App name" fiel
Add your page in the "LinkedIn Page" field
If you don't have one, create a new one at https://www.linkedin.com/company/setup/new/
Enter your site’s "Privacy policy URL" and upload an "App logo"
Read and agree to the "API Terms of Use", then click the "Create App" button
You will proceed to the Products tab.
If you are not here, click the "Products" tab
Navigate to "Sign In with LinkedIn using OpenID Connect" and click "Request access"
A modal will appear. Check the "I have read and agree to these terms" checkbox, and click the "Request access" button
Once done, a “Success. This product has been provisioned to your application.” pop-up notification will appear at the bottom left-hand side of the screen.
Click on the "Auth" tab
At the "OAuth 2.0 settings" section, click the pencil icon, then the “Add redirect URL” button, and add the following URL at "Authorized redirect URLs for your app" field.
You can obtain the URL from your WordPress admin dashboard, go to BuddyBoss Plugin, click the Settings menu option > General > Registration > click the pencil icon for LinkedIn, and copy the Callback URI / Redirect URL.
Click "Update" to save the changes
For the Client ID and Client Secret, go to the Application Credentials section > "Authentication keys" on the "Auth" tab.
Copy the credentials and add them to the LinkedIn Social Login pop-up box
From WordPress admin dashboard > go to BuddyBoss Plugin, click the Settings menu option > General > Registration > click the pencil icon for LinkedIn > and click Save Changes.
After clicking the Save Changes button, there will be a pop-up of the LinkedIn Login, Sign In page.
Add your credentials in the fields and click Sign in
Once signed in, go through the Authorize page and click Allow
You can now enable the LinkedIn Social Login checkbox and click Save Settings
If the checkbox for the LinkedIn social login remains greyed out after clicking Save Changes, click the pencil icon again and then select Verify Settings.
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