It turns the webmaster's WP installation into a Facebook Connect-like service.
Installation:
Unpack and upload it to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
Here are some key features of "WP Vanilla Connect":
· Authenticate WordPress Users in Vanilla forums in a similar way Facebook handles website logins.
· Seamless integration with WordPress login provided by a native WP plugins.
· Generate URL’s for jsConnect Vanilla’s recommended method in place of ProxyConnect.
· Send logged on users directly to Vanilla forums and they are automatically logged in.
· Assign Gravatar’s for users instead of the default image if their email address is registered on Gravatar.com. Has an option to serve over SSL and Non-SSL
· Uses cross-domain authentication so can be used on different servers allowing you to spread your eggs out, so to speak.
· Easy to install and setup, takes less than two minutes.
· Clean, does not rely on WordPress core updates
Requirements:
· WordPress
· Vanilla Forum 2.0.18b1 or higher
· jsConnect Vanilla Addon
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Added feature that removes the Vanilla logged on cookie when you log out of WordPress.