WordPress should support OpenID
By
Andrew
on February 19, 2007
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Andrew
on February 19, 2007
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Anyone who votes here should vote @ Wordpress too:
http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic.php?id=490
Turns out my idea was a dupe. WordPress.org's search leaves something to be desired.
Regardless;
http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic.php?id=40
Go vote there please.
WordPress.com is now an OpenID producer. See:
http://changingway.org/2007/03/06/wordpresscom-produces-openids/
Woah, let's all remember that Matt's vote here was in jest.
I think that everything that doesn't require a hight level of security should support OpenID instead of user accounts. If there is a need for 'anonymous' accounts, someone will invent a mailinator.com style OpenID provider or something.
Based on comments shared elsewhere, I think Matt's objections to Wordpress (the product) supporting openid is based on keeping the code base size focused on core capabilities. Anyone producing a plugin to deliver these capabilities is welcome to do so - but the core won't include the capability.
Sami: There is already a throwaway OpenID provider, described (tongue-in-cheek) as Free, anonymous, temporary, disposable OpenID by its creator.
We use Wordpress with OpenID all the time, what's the problem?