RPX: Social Account Integration Made Easy

If you remember a while back, we said that integrating Facebook accounts with your blog was an evil worth fighting for… it still is, but RPX has made it a little easier for us. RPX is a social integration plugin for WordPress that allows your readers to sign into your site with their network of choice. If they have a Facebook, Twitter, Google, AOL, etc. account… they can sign into your site and comment. Not only does this plugin help us with the coveted Facebook integration; it adds potentially limitless sign in opportunities for your readers. By default, you can choose 6 different providers to integrate. If you want to upgrade to a paid account you can use 12 or more providers. For us, 6 was plenty. If you take a look at the sidebar to the right, you’ll notice that we’ve included a nice graphic of the sign in screen that shows you the different accounts you can use to comment. Click it. It will take you to our sign in page and from there you can securely sign into our site with your network of choice. Once signed in, you have full access to everything a “normal” user [...]