Facebook integration advice

We’re looking to integrate the login/registration process for our site with Facebook’s API. We want to give users the option to register to the site with their Facebook credentials instead of entering a new email, etc. I’ve seen a number of WP plugins which claim to provide this functionality, but the few I’ve experimented with don’t seem to play nice with s2Member.

I’m leaning in the direction of writing my own plugin/hack but I wanted to consult you first. I’m hoping you can point me in the right direction… either how to hook into the s2Member registration routine, OR possibly sidestepping it all together. Any input you can give me would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Brett,

I will forward your question along to the lead developer, but I know he’s quite busy working on the next major release of the plugin.

Hi there. Thanks for the heads up on this request for support.

Regarding Facebook. Yes, I would just sidestep s2Member in any custom integration that you do. From my experience with Facebook, it’s best to create a Free Subscriber account within WordPress, based on the data provided by the Facebook API. This allows the potential customer into the site with a Username/Password.

Once logged in, if they buy something, s2Member will automatically upgrade their existing Free Subscriber account within WordPress, to a paid Membership Level.

So for instance, you might use this WordPress function, in concert with your Facebook integration.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_create_user

The default Role in WordPress, is the “subscriber” Role. So wp_create_user() should be the only function call you need to complete the integration with Facebook. If you need to make adjustments after creating the User. You might do something like this.

<?php
$user_id = wp_create_user(username, password, email);
$user = new WP_User($user_id);
$user->set_role('s2member_level1'); // Give them paid Membership access for free?
$user->set_role('subscriber'); // Take it away?
?>