django-wordpress-auth-lite 0.1.0

Django integration with WordPress authentication and WITHOUT roles / capabilities system.

Introduction

Allows for access in Django to a WordPress installation for checking for things like login status.

Requirements

Python Dependencies:

• phpserialize

WordPress Dependencies:

• root Cookie

Alternatives to Root Cookie

If you are receiving warnings using root Cookie, please see this issue for alternative solutions.

Installation

Add your WordPress’s auth keys and salts (found in wp-config.php) to your settings.py.

WORDPRESS_LOGGED_IN_KEY = "rs&^D%jPdu=vk|VVDsdfsdgsdgsdg9sd87f98s7h[Xm$3gT/@1xdasd"
WORDPRESS_LOGGED_IN_SALT = "3]x^n{d8=su23902iu09jdc09asjd09asjd09jasdV-Lv-OydAQ%?~"

Add your WordPress database to DATABASES in settings.py.

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        ... # default django DB
    },
    'wordpress': {  # must be named 'wordpress'
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
        'NAME': 'wordpress',
        'USER': '...',
        'PASSWORD': '...',
        'HOST': '...',
        'PORT': 3306,
    }
}

Add the middleware to MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES in settings.py. Make sure it’s placed somewhere after the session middleware.

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
    # ...
    'wordpress_auth_lite.middleware.WordPressAuthMiddleware',
)

Finally, add wordpress_auth_lite to INSTALLED_APPS.

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    # ...
    'wordpress_auth_lite',
)

Usage

To restrict a view to users that are authenticated with WordPress: wordpress_requires_role decorator.

from wordpress_auth_lite.decorators import wordpress_login_required

@wordpress_login_required
def my_view():
    pass

Finally, the middleware provides access to the WordPress user via request.wordpress_user.

See models.py for full reference. Some of the redundant naming conventions in the WordPress database have been made simpler as well.