Plugins: Social Login for Joomla!

Social Login for Joomla! is a professional though free Joomla! extension that allows your visitors to login and register with social networks like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, LiveJournal, StackExchange, Hyves, Google and Yahoo amongst others.

It helps increasing your Joomla! user registration rate by simplifying the registration process and provides permission-based social data retrieved from the social network profiles. Social Login for Joomla! integrates with your existing Joomla! registration system so you and your users don't have to start from scratch.

  1. Download the extension
  2. Install the extension
  3. Obtain the API Credentials and setup up the Social Networks
  4. Questions & Troubleshooting

1. Download the extension

Click on one of the following links to download the extension for your Joomla! website.

  1. Download Social Login for Joomla 1.5
  2. Download Social Login for Joomla 1.6
  3. Download Social Login for Joomla 1.7
  4. Download Social Login for Joomla 2.5

2. Install the extension

The installation is not very complicated and should only take a couple of minutes.

Installation Steps:
  1. Open the Extension Manager in your Joomla! Administration area,
  2. Use the Upload Package File and select the file that you downloaded before,
  3. Click on Upload File & Install.

Joomla! Social Login Installation Screenshot

Joomla Social Login Installation

3. Obtain the API Credentials and setup up the Social Networks

After having installed the Social Login extension on your Joomla! website, you first of all have to enter the API Credentials and setup the Social Networks that you would like to use.

3a. API Credentials

Obtaining the API Credentials and setting up the API Access
  1. Signin to your oneall account (If you do not have an account, create a new account first)
  2. After having logged in click on Site Configuration in the top navigation bar,
  3. Select your Site and click on Joomla! Social Login in the left navigation pannel,
  4. Copy & Paste the values under Joomla! API Setup into the Social Login plugin settings in your Joomla! account.

3b. Setting up the Social Networks

Many social networks require that the webmasters register their website before being able to use more advanced features. To be able to use the plugin, you must therefore register your site. This process is straightforward and takes only a couple of minutes.

It has to be done only once for each provider and we will guide you through this process. To setup your providers, please login to your account, select your Site and click on Social Providers.

4.Questions & Troubleshooting

4a. Where can I find the Social Login configuration menu?

Please login to your Joomla! administration menu, click on Components and select Social Login Configuration.

Social Login Configuration:

Joomla Social Login Configuration

4b. Social Login is not being displayed at all on my Joomla! website!

Please login to your Joomla! administration menu, click on Extensions and select Module Manager. Search for the module Social Login and click on it's title. Verify the module settings according to the screenshot below.

Social Login Module Settings:

Joomla Social Login Enable Module

4c. Social Login is only being displayed partially on my Joomla! website!

For security reasons, the Social Login Plugin will only work on the domains that you have specified in your Site configuration. If your domain is not in the configuration list, the plugin will not be displayed at all.

Checking your domain list:
  1. Signin to your oneall account
  2. After having logged in, click on Site Configuration in the top navigation bar,
  3. Select your Site and click on Security Settings in the left navigation pannel,
  4. Add the domain name of your blog to the list.