{"id":51,"date":"2020-10-19T15:13:22","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T15:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/documentation.userswp.io\/article\/vkontakte-setup-guide\/"},"modified":"2025-03-26T15:39:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T15:39:29","slug":"vkontakte-setup-guide","status":"publish","type":"gd_place","link":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/article\/social-login\/vkontakte-setup-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"VKontakte Setup Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tThis article will guide you through the process of setting up VKontakte with Social Login extension for UsersWP. VKontakte, or VK as it is commonly called, is a popular social network in Russia and other CIS countries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Settings Overview<\/h2>\n<section class=\"alert alert-info\">\n\tYou need to have the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/userswp-social-login\/\">Social Login<\/a> extension for UsersWP installed and activated in order to access these settings.&nbsp;<\/section>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Enable VKontakte &#8211; <\/strong>To enable VK support, you need to check this option.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>VKontakte App ID &#8211; <\/strong>This is where you will enter your VK app ID.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>VKontakte App Secret &#8211; <\/strong>Enter your VK app secret key here.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Let the User Enter the Username? &#8211; <\/strong>If checked, the user will be allowed to choose a username (if unchecked, username is automatically generated).&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Let the User Enter Email? &#8211; <\/strong>If checked, users can enter an email of their choice. If unchecked, the email returned by VK is used.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Setting up VK with Social Login<\/h2>\n<section class=\"alert alert-warning\">\n\tBefore going any further, make sure you have generated an App ID and App Secret Key from VK. Refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/dev\/access_token\">VK Documentation<\/a> for additional details.<\/section>\n<p>\n\t<img width=\"920\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/file-aPtgJRWlAV-1024x536-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/file-aPtgJRWlAV-1024x536-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/file-aPtgJRWlAV-1024x536-1-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/file-aPtgJRWlAV-1024x536-1-768x402.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>1<\/dt>\n<dd>\n\tNavigate to <strong>UsersWP &gt; Social &gt; VKontakte.&nbsp;<\/strong> <\/dd>\n<dt>2<\/dt>\n<dd>\n\tEnter your <strong>API ID<\/strong> (also known as App ID) and <strong>API Secret Key<\/strong> in the relevant fields.&nbsp;\n\t<\/dd>\n<dt>3<\/dt>\n<dd>\n\tRemember to check <strong>Enable VKontakte <\/strong>option.&nbsp;\n\t<\/dd>\n<dt>4<\/dt>\n<dd> <strong>Save<\/strong> your settings.&nbsp;\n\t<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article will guide you through the process of setting up VKontakte with Social Login extension for UsersWP. VKontakte, or VK as it is commonly called, is a popular social network in Russia and other CIS countries.&nbsp; Settings Overview You need to have the Social Login extension for UsersWP installed and activated in order to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"article\/tags":[83,99,100],"article\/categories":[5,16],"class_list":["post-51","gd_place","type-gd_place","status-publish","hentry","gd_place_tags-social-login","gd_place_tags-vkontakte","gd_place_tags-userswp-extensions","gd_placecategory-extensions-features","gd_placecategory-social-login"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/51","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gd_place"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/51\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"gd_place_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/tags?post=51"},{"taxonomy":"gd_placecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/categories?post=51"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}