[wp-hackers] Should OpenID be in WP core?

[Dan Coulter]

On 3/7/07, Martin Fitzpatrick <martin.fitzpatrick at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It would be interesting to know whether it would be possible to
> implement Open ID via a remote server - e.g. using Wordpress.com or
> Wordpress.org to actually handle the login-checking then serving a
> confirmation back to installed wordpress.


I agree. Personally, I would prefer to see WordPress (especially .com) allow
users to use external OpenID credentials.  It seems like everyone wants to
be a provider right now.  What good does it do me if my AIM name, my Yahoo
account, my MSN account and blog are all OpenID credentials?

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