Allow OpenID registration, and get out of the business of storing passwords. It’s more convenient for users, too.
This process isn’t totally ready for prime-time, but I can confirm it works on Wordpress 2.3.
All you need to do is download the wpopenid plugin, and install the phpopenid library. I put the Auth folder in wp-content, but you could put it anywhere and include that directory in your php path.
Go activate the plug-in and set the options. You’ll get some complaints about the database, because of the change in 2.3 databases, but it should still work.
You can try it out here.
September 27th, 2007 at 3:39 pm
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