SHIBBOLETH
Shibboleth compatibility with REEID Translate
Shibboleth compatibility with REEID Translate is being evaluated from available plugin evidence. Externalizes WordPress authentication and account provisioning to a Shibboleth Service Provider (IdP/Discovery), sending standard login requests to the configured Shibboleth endpoint(s). No specific visitor-facing translation surface is currently confirmed.
AWAITING VERIFICATION
What the available evidence establishes for Shibboleth.
Official plugin information supports the compatibility context documented for this category.
AWAITING VERIFICATION
This integration has not yet been manually verified by REEID.
PLUGIN PROFILE
Shibboleth is documented in the Security category with 7 concrete capabilities identified in the current evidence.
EVIDENCE COVERAGE
Plugin capabilities are documented from available official evidence. Translation support is listed only when concrete visitor-facing content is explicitly established.
COMPATIBILITY REVIEW
How Shibboleth compatibility is evaluated
01 · Review official plugin evidence
Establish documented plugin behaviour before making any multilingual compatibility claim.
02 · Identify visitor-facing content
Determine whether the documented behaviour exposes human-readable values that visitors can see.
03 · Separate content from functionality
Keep structure, configuration, logic, integrations and runtime behaviour outside translation scope unless concrete content values are identified.
04 · Confirm translation scope
Publish supported content only when concrete visitor-facing values are explicitly established and can be validated.
PLUGIN INTELLIGENCE
What the official plugin evidence shows
Plugin capabilities
- Externalizes WordPress authentication and account provisioning to a Shibboleth Service Provider (IdP/Discovery), sending standard login requests to the configured Shibboleth endpoint(s).
- Optionally creates new WordPress user accounts on successful Shibboleth authentication when the user does not already exist (configurable via plugin behavior/constant).
- Synchronizes user attributes from Shibboleth-provided attributes into WordPress user profile fields (e.g., username, first/last name, display name, nickname, email) each time the user logs in.
- Automatically sets and can continually update WordPress user roles based on Shibboleth attributes (e.g., mapping eduPersonAffiliation/entitlement-like values to WordPress roles).
- Supports controlling authentication behavior and related settings via wp-config.php constants, including disabling local WordPress authentication and configuring login/logout/password management URLs.
- Can attempt to set required Apache `.htaccess` directives on activation to enforce Shibboleth authentication, with an option to prevent file modifications via a wp-config.php constant; provides a manual `.htaccess` snippet as fallback.
- Provides extensibility via WordPress actions and filters (plugin exposes hooks that can be used by custom code to extend functionality).
CONTENT BOUNDARY
Shibboleth capabilities and translation scope are documented separately.
The available evidence documents plugin functionality, but does not currently establish a specific visitor-facing translation surface.
Functional capability alone is not treated as evidence that a value should be translated.
LIMITATIONS & QA
Verification notes
- This integration is documented for compatibility context. Visitor-facing translation scope is not listed for this category.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Shibboleth and REEID Translate FAQ.
What does Shibboleth do according to the available plugin evidence?
Shibboleth has 7 concrete capabilities documented from the currently available official plugin evidence. See the Plugin Intelligence section for the individual capabilities.
Is a REEID translation surface currently confirmed for Shibboleth?
No specific visitor-facing content values are currently confirmed as an evidence-backed translation surface for this integration.
What would establish translation scope for Shibboleth?
The evidence must identify concrete visitor-facing values such as labels, titles, descriptions, messages or other human-readable content that can be validated through the integration workflow.
RELATED GUIDES
Continue through the compatibility library.
INTEGRATION EVIDENCE
Evaluate Shibboleth in a multilingual WordPress workflow.
REEID documents Shibboleth functionality separately from evidence-backed translation support so compatibility claims remain specific and testable.
Translation scope will be published when concrete visitor-facing content is established by evidence.