WP Social AutoConnect
A lightweight but powerful Facebook login plugin, easy to setup and transparent to new and returning users alike. Supports Buddypress.
4.4(13 reviews)
·500 active installs·Updated 7 months agoAs of April 2026, WP Social AutoConnect is a WordPress buddypress plugin with 500 active installations and a 4.4/5 rating from 13 reviews. It has been downloaded 384K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Top alternative: Better Messages – Live Chat, Chat….
4.4/513 reviews
500active installs
384K+total downloads
16 yearssince 2010
Overview
The simple concept behind WP-FB AutoConnect is to offer an easy-to-use widget that lets readers login to your blog with either their Facebook account or local WordPress credentials. Although many “Facebook Connect” plugins do exist, most of them are either overly complex and difficult to customize, or fail to provide a seamless experience for new visitors. I wrote this plugin to provide what the others didn’t:
- Full support for both WordPress and Buddypress.
- No user interaction is required – the login process is transparent to new and returning users alike.
- Existing users who connect with FB retain the same local user accounts as before (matched via e-mail).
- New visitors will be given new user accounts, which can be retained even if you remove the plugin.
- Facebook…
Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 2.5+ requiredTested up to 6.3.8 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
4.6.4 (2025-08-12)
- Remove references to the Premium addon (project is being sunset)
Contributors
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