Indeed, there is a way. First, you’re going to want to install the Member Access plugin & the official OpenID plugin. Both of these are free After configuring all of your pages and setting up the OpenID plugin, edit the robots.txt file in the WordPress installation directory. Add the following line: User-Agent: * Disallow: / … Read more
I’ve managed to find a solution to my problem. I solved it with three plugins Members User Role Editor Social Login The combination of these plugins allows you to who can log in, without telling them how to log in. More specifically, anyone will be able to log in with a social network, but they … Read more
I had a very similar situation, but I am using it for a family member with an illness to provide updates to the wider friends and family without relying on the primary caretaker to give these updates and a blog seemed the best way. We also wanted to allow people to add comments to the … Read more
In WordPress Admin Enable the JanRain Engage plugin Go to Settings > Janrain Engage and enter your Engage API Key (which you can find on your Janrain dashboard under API Key). Turn on self-registration. On the Janrain Dashboard Add your WordPress domain under the Your Domains section. Go to Sign-in and select the Choose Providers … Read more
I use disqus on my site and it works quite well.
How to implement a customizable free OpenID authentication?
Try Make Your Site Social plugin which does most of the job for you
Use the plugin WordPress Social Login: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-social-login/ Does exactly what you want except the user doesn’t actually have to type in their username and password if they are already logged in to Google Apps – they just click the Google icon and it will log them in to WordPress using Google Apps. And yes, you … Read more
The OpenID plugin you linked is the best one, but it has a minor bug preventing it from working with WordPress 3.0, at least when combined with PHP 5.3. The fix can be found here: http://code.google.com/p/diso/issues/detail?id=161