WP SAML Auth
SAML authentication for WordPress.
4.5(8 reviews)
·7.0K+ active installs·Updated 3 weeks agoAs of April 2026, WP SAML Auth is a WordPress SAML plugin with 7.0K+ active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 8 reviews. It has been downloaded 201K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.4+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are down 25% this week. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: SAML Single Sign On – SSO Login.
4.5/58 reviews
7.0K+active installs
0%resolved
10 yearssince 2016
Overview
SAML authentication for WordPress, using the bundled OneLogin SAML library or optionally installed SimpleSAMLphp. OneLogin provides a SAML authentication bridge; SimpleSAMLphp provides SAML plus a variety of other authentication mechanisms. This plugin acts as a bridge between WordPress and the authentication library.
If your organization uses Google Apps, integrating Google Apps with WP SAML Auth takes just a few steps.
The standard user flow looks like this:
- User can log in via SAML using a button added to the standard WordPress login view.
- When the button is clicked, the user is handed off to the authentication library. With OneLogin, the user is redirected to the SAML identity provider. With SimpleSAMLphp, the user is redirected to the SimpleSAMLphp install.
- Once the user is authenti…
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Great! Would be even better with more help documentation
by slingshotdesign·4 days ago
Great plugin, that works really well. It has some useful filters for developers to hook into, which I appreciate and it does the same job as other paid plugins so I also really appreciate that this is free!
I struggled to figure out how to use this with Azure AD but after a lot of trial and error figured it out.
Perfect!
by pbdk·3 years ago
Works great with Azure AD / Microsoft 365. Would be even better if the default role could be defined on the settings page. Could be useful having the option to disable logging out from the ID provider.
Amazing 😍
by themachine01·5 years ago
Switching from miniOrange
Impossible to configure
by silverfang007·6 years ago·1 reply
Right after installing and activating the plugin, I keep getting warning messages such as some library files are missing and the WP SAML Auth is not active.
Also, the lack of any instructions makes it impossible to configure it with my Okta account.
Just a waste of time!
Deactivating and trying out other SAML plugins.
Great and versatile
by kikkervis·7 years ago
Does exactly what I need.
Download Trends
Today: 136Yesterday: 179This week: 826Period total: 39K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.4+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.1
37.9%
v2.3
34.1%
v2.2
23.4%
Other
4.6%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.3.1 (March 6, 2026)
- Adds
wp_saml_auth_auto_add_to_blogfilter to control whether auto-provisioned users are added to sites in multisite environments [#465]. - When
wp_saml_auth_auto_add_to_blogreturnsfalse, thewp_saml_auth_new_user_authenticatedaction will receive a user with no role on the current site. Hooks relying on$user->rolesbeing non-empty should account for this [#465].
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