by Syed Balkhi 4.6 (64 reviews)

Login for Google Apps

Name: Login for Google Apps
Rating: 4.6 (64 reviews)
Author: Syed Balkhi

Simple secure login and user management through your Google Workspace for WordPress (using oAuth2 and MFA if enabled).

Login for Google Apps ranks #1,915 among WordPress.org plugins with 10,000+ active installations, is #61 of 1,578 in the Authentication category, a 4.6/5 rating from 64 reviews, and was last updated May 8, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.8 (Current: 7.1)

v3.5.2 Current Version v3.5.2

Updated 1 year ago Last Update on 08 May, 2025

Refreshed 10 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#61 of 1,578 in Authentication Top 5% by installs Downloads -12.8% this week No update in over a year

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#1,915

-1 this week

Active Installs

10K+

-28.3%

KW Avg Position

0.3 worse

Downloads

662.6K

+26 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

92%

Review 4.6 out of 5

4.6 (64 reviews)

Next Milestone 20K

Total Progress 38.3%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.6

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Overall 92%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Dec 1, 2022

Login for Google Apps [google-apps-login] < 3.4.5

CVE-2022-3840 · Fixed in v3.4.5

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Plugin Details

Version: 3.5.2
Last Updated: May 08, 2025
Requires WP: 5.5+
Tested Up To: 6.8
PHP Version: 7.2 or higher
Author: Syed Balkhi

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6
Reviews: 64
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site administrators whose users have Google Workspace or Gmail accounts. It lets existing WordPress users log in via Google's OAuth2 authentication instead of a separate username and password.

OAuth2 Google login
Two-factor authentication support
Single and multisite support
Google Drive Embedder extension
Google Apps Directory extension
Google Profile Avatars extension
Multiple language translations
Works with personal Gmail accounts

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Login for Google Apps

Full support is available if you purchase the appropriate license from the author via: https://wp-glogin.com/glogin/ Please feel free to email contact us on https://wp-glogin.com/ with any questions, as we may be able to help, but you may be required to purchase a support license if the problem is specific to your installation or requirements.

No, once you set up the plugin, any WordPress accounts whose email address corresponds to any Google account, whether on a different Google Workspace domain or even a personal gmail.com account, will be able to use 'Login with Google' to easily connect to your WordPress site.

The plugin will work whether your site is configured for HTTP or HTTPS.

We recommend that you set FORCE_SSL_ADMIN to true. This will ensure that all users are consistently using HTTPS for login. You may then need to ensure the Redirect URL and Web Origin in the Google Cloud Console are set as HTTPS (this will make sense if you follow the installation instructions again). If for some reason you cannot set FORCE_SSL_ADMIN, then instead you can add two URLs to the Google Cloud Console for each entry, e.g. Redirect URL = https://example.com/wp-login.php, and then add another one for https://example.com/wp-login.php. Same idea for Web Origin.

It is written, tested, and secure for multisite WordPress, both for subdirectories and subdomains, and must be activated network-wide for security reasons. There are many different possible configurations of multisite WordPress, however, so you must test carefully if you have any other plugins or special setup. In a multisite setup, you will see an extra option in Settings -> Login for Google Apps, named 'Use sub-site specific callback from Google'. Read details in the configuration instructions (linked from the Settings page). This setting will need to be ON if you are using any domain mapping plugin, and extra Redirect URIs will need to be registered in Google Cloud Console.

Yes, and depending on your setup, it can be much more secure than just using WordPress usernames and passwords.

In particular, other plugins may conflict with each other, and different WordPress versions and configurations may render your site insecure.

Sometimes conflicts can arise. We have built workarounds for some problems, and would always appreciate your feedback to resolve any issues you might encounter yourself. One known issue is with iThemes Security: the settings 'filter suspicious query strings' and 'filter long URL strings' can both cause intermittent conflicts and should be turned off if you are happy with the implications. My Private Site - Try setting the My Private Site option "Omit ?redirect_to= from URL (this option is recommended for Custom Login pages)". WP Email Login - incompatible with Login for Google Apps

Login for Google Apps uses the latest secure OAuth2 authentication recommended by Google. Other 3rd party authentication plugins may allow you to use your Google username and password to login, but they do not always do this securely: Other plugins: Users' passwords may be handled by your blog's server, potentially unencrypted. If these are compromised, hackers would be able to gain access to your Google email accounts! This includes all Google Workspace apps (Gmail, Drive, Calendar, etc.), and any other services which use your Google account to log in. This plugin: Users' passwords are only ever submitted to Google itself, then Google is asked to authenticate the user to your WordPress site. This means Multi-factor Authentication can still be used (if set up on your Google account). Your website only requires permission to authenticate the user and obtain basic profile data - it can never have access to your emails and other data.

PHP 7.2.x or higher with JSON extensions WordPress 5.5 or above And you will need a Google account to set up the plugin.