Simple LDAP Login

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 98% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ Sibastian

   9.1y ago

   I struggled with 3 other LDAP/AD authentication plugins before I ran across this one. The settings were so simple, and yet it worked from the start. No registering for third-party accounts, no expensive packages, nothing; just simple, easy to understand settings for a very powerful little plugin. Thank you 100 times over for this. We have a lot of turnover in our organization, and this saves us the hassle of having to create website accounts for all our employees as well as AD accounts.

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2. ★★★★★ lulini

   9.9y ago

   The really simple, it’s the best plugin!

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3. ★★★★★ joshkrz

   10.3y ago

   Not as simple as it could be and I never actually got it to work. Didn’t really know what to type in each field, the documentation could do with being clearer and more verbose. Needs a testing tool with some sort of log to pinpoint any issues.

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4. ★★★★★ stureedy

   10.4y ago

   I’ve used this plugin to authenticate against eDirectory and Active Directory. So far, it just works. Kudos to Clifton G.!

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5. ★★★★★ moonkir

   10.4y ago

   Unbelievable how much time has passed since the last update. Already so much has changed in the plugin, I’m afraid it updated.

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6. ★★★★★ babcockcain

   11.0y ago

   This just works, that simple forget the rest of the LDAP plugins out there, trust me we have tried them all, this is simple and just does exactly what it says it does. If you need to authenticate to AD then look no further.

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7. ★★★★★ mahernandezg

   11.2y ago

   If your LDAP use bind info and passowrd to query it, this plug in do not support it.

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8. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   11.3y ago

   Worked out of the box in our corporate environment.

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1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.1 Simple LDAP Login <= 1.6.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-09-27 CVE-2024-8715 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.6.0 Patched in 1.6.1

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.6.2

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-04-19 2K+ → 1K+ down after 72 days in tier
2. 2025-02-06 1K+ → 2K+ up after 3 days in tier
3. 2025-02-03 2K+ → 1K+ down after 836 days in tier
4. 2022-10-21 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in tier
5. 2022-10-20 2K+ → 3K+ up after 14 days in tier
6. 2022-10-06 3K+ → 2K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Authorizer 5K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A
• A authLdap 4K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A
• Active Directory Integration / LDAP Integration 4K+ installs · 4.9★ · 3 shared tags A
• Next Active Directory Integration 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A
• W wpDirAuth 500+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D
• L Limit Login Attempts 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D

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Simple LDAP Login: 1K+ active installs, 4.3★ (18 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/simple-ldap-login