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A quick note – the latest version (3.07) of ext_db_auth now works with Wordpres 2.7.  It’s in the same place as usual.  This version, however, is NOT compatible with WPMU.  You’ll still need to use 2.05 with that.

Once WPMU hits 2.7 it may be broken again for that particular flavor; we’ll see.

Tags: ext_db_auth

I did some fairly major overhauling with this last version and added in extra settings/checks that should make it solid until a suitably late version of wordpress comes out and breaks it again.  Changes from 2.0 to 3.0 include:

• Support for PostgreSQL and MSSQL (with the installation of MDB2 PEAR packages and relevant database driver)
• Configuration options for database port
• Option to custom-enter what hash function you use for external database passwords in the settings section
• Error-checking that won’t make the plugin break when you have no extended data fields
• Fixed the problem of passwords not synching if there was a password change on the external database end but user, who had logged in before to Wordpress, logged in with previous password on Wordpress
• Somewhat uninformative redirect to login page when a valid login has the wrong password.

Generally friendliness, ponies, and rainbows.

If any bugs surface, I’ll update, but otherwise expect another long hiatus.  As usual, download on wordpress.

Tags: ext_db_auth

Just that.  It works from what I can tell with Wordpress 2.5 and higher; the code’s been tightened up, besides.  Download it at http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/external-database-authentication/

Tags: ext_db_auth

Title mostly says it all. I needed to make a plugin for Bonnie’s site to use a decent blog (Moodle’s blog system just isn’t cutting it) plus using data from already-registered users. You essentially set up a limited access account to your external db and enter the details into this plugin’s options. There’s also an option to give a custom error message in case of invalid login/pw combinations – in our case it will inform the user that they need to create an account first at the moodle site then come back to login.

We’re planning to combine this with a default user role of author/editor-ish (author with category management permissions, preferably) so that we get the same general functionality of Moodle’s blogs plus comments, better management, RSS, etc. This is my first plugin and I tried to follow general layout conventions of wordpress – hope it works for others, too.

It’s hosted on Wordpress under External Database Authentication. About the only update I may think of doing is somehow disabling users from changing passwords and user info in wordpress, as it will be overwritten by the moodle data anyway…

Tags: DIY, ext_db_auth