Keyring
An authentication framework that handles authorization/communication with most popular web services.
4.3(6 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 2 years agoAs of April 2026, Keyring is a WordPress oauth plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4.3/5 rating from 6 reviews. It has been downloaded 95K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 2 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: JWT Authentication for WP REST API.
4.3/56 reviews
1.0K+active installs
95K+total downloads
14 yearssince 2012
Overview
See the Keyring Developer’s Guide for more details.
Keyring provides a very hookable, completely customizable framework for connecting your WordPress to an external service. It takes care of all the heavy lifting when making authenticated requests, so all you need to do is implement cool features and not worry about these tricky bits.
Out of the box, Keyring currently comes with base Service definitions for:
- HTTP Basic,
- OAuth1, and
- OAuth2.
And includes ready-to-use definitions for:
- 500px
- Delicious
- Eventbrite
- Fitbit
- Flickr
- Foursquare
- Google Analytics
- Google Contacts
- Google Mail
- Instapaper
- Jetpack/WordPress.com
- Moves
- Nest
- RunKeeper
- Strava
- TripIt
- Tumblr
- Yahoo! Updates
- YouTube
You can very easily write your own Service definitions and th…
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Good framework for APIs with OAuth
by eugene212·4 years ago
Thank you for this plugin !
It provides a solid framework to support access to API of services that require OAuth.
In my case it allowed me to create Google Calendar events (on form submission) by accessing API directly from my WP site without using Zapier or similar 3rd party services, so no more need to give Google account access to somebody else (also probably paying for subscription).
It also gives me a far better control over calendar event customization.
nice one ,2222
by Paresh·9 years ago
Download Trends
Today: 3Yesterday: 6This week: 30Period total: 2K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.0+ requiredTested up to 6.2.9 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v3.0
78.3%
v2.0
9.1%
Other
6.8%
v1.9
5.8%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
3.0
- CHANGE: Default branch has been renamed to
trunkto match WordPress projects. Update your refs. - Enhancement: BREAKING: Removed delicious service (they have shut down completely). Props @sanmai.
- Enhancement: BREAKING: LinkedIn now uses OAuth2. Props @glendaviesnz.
- Enhancement:
fetch_profile_picturemethod added to Twitter service. Props @glendaviesnz. - Enhancement: Added a GitHub Service definition, props @alperakgun.
…and 19 more changes
Contributors
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