Wordpress MediaWiki Cookie Integration
Wordpress MediaWiki Cookie Integration I have my Wordpress install and MediaWiki sharing the same login information. Unfortunately, users need to log into both separately, but at least they use the same credentials. What I would like to do is cause a successful login on the Wordpress blog to also cause a login for MediaWiki (ideally both directions). There are two ways this could happen: Logging in causes a login on the other application (writes the cookie and creates the session in the DB) Accessing an application checks for the cookie of the other and then automatically logs in. Since the usernames are shared it seems like the latter should be pretty easy to do. Any tips would be great. 4 Answers The primary problem you are going to run into is that you'll have two login forms, and two logout methods. What you need to do is pick one of the login forms as the default, and redirect the other one over to it. I've been able to successfully integrate bbPress + MediaWik...
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WordPress MediaWiki integration
WordPress MediaWiki integration On the other end of the spectrum, I would be happy if I could install a wiki and share the login credentials between WordPress and the wiki. I hacked MediaWiki a while ago to share logins with another site (in ASP Classic) via session cookies, and it was a pain to do and even worse to maintain. Ideally, I would like to find a plug-in or someone who knows a more elegant solution. 6 Answers The tutorial WordPress, bbPress & MediaWiki should get you on the right track to integrating MediaWiki into your WordPress install. It's certainly going to be a lot easier than hacking WordPress to have wiki features, especially with the sort of granular permissions you're describing. The link in this answer is broken. After a bit of googling I'm pretty sure that this is the page that the link was supposed to point Updated link Both MediaWiki and Wordpress support OpenID Though, I think for automatic logins (after you log in to one, you automa...
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