The difference here is that Gravatar, Google and Twitter (and Facebook) were built to share login credentials across multiple apps, and there’s an API built in for it.
WordPress was not.
I understand.
But there used to be a plugin that made a wordpress blog an openID identity server : http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/openid/
The feature is also in wordpress.com.
Why is this plugin not compatible anymore with the latest wordpress version?
Has something fundamentally changed?
You’re asking different things here 🙂
The OpenID plugin MAY still work. It’s just not been updated, probably because OpenID was a nice idea that sucked when implementing it. I tried in the 2.8 days to make it work. Wasn’t worth it AND it’s not very user friendly. Also remember that the ‘works up to …’ part of any plugin means ‘This is the last one I tested it on.’ It also means it MIGHT work on 3.2. You’ll have to test (though given that the login has changed, this may no longer work – and to your ‘has something fundamentally changed’ question, yeah, it’s been a couple years).
However take a look at the line that says “The plugin also includes an OpenID provider…”
That means you have to actually install OpenID software on your server, configure it, and make it work. And because that is a very server specific thing to do, it cannot at this time be included in WordPress. Too many different possibilities.
WordPress.com has it because they installed it, configured it, and tweaked it. That they haven’t released the plugin for that, well … there’s been talk about Highlander (the code that lets you hook your .com account in with Facebook and Twitter) joining Jetpack, but that hasn’t happened yet.
berlotti and Ipstenu ,
I am able to use Openid plugin on 3.2 and later versions with out any issue. I love it to use as Openid Provider and using successfully .
@ipstenu
As I got the chance to ask some features which wordpress.com has, I have some doubts and the features which I am looking to have them for self-hosted sites. Can I ask them here or you suggest me to open a new topic
Thank you!
Beats me which features .com has 🙂 I don’t use it. You’d have to check out their support docs and see.
the features which I am looking to have them for self-hosted sites. Can I ask them here or you suggest me to open a new topic
open a new topic tho, and I can point to most of them.
