Best central authentication service plugins for WordPress
The most popular central authentication service plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. wpCAS leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of Cassava CAS Server (30+) and UTHSC WPCAS (10+). All 4 plugins tagged “central authentication service” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 central authentication service plugins
- 1.wpCAS
The most installed central authentication service plugin, with 100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.7.1.
- 2.
Cassava CAS Server30+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 3.UTHSC WPCAS
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 4.wpCAS Server
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2.
All 4 plugins tagged “central authentication service”
wpCAS
Down in the last 7 days:63#14,991by Casey Bisson16 years ago
wpCAS integrates WordPress into an established CAS architecture, allowing centralized management and authentication of user credentials in a heterogen …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Cassava CAS Server
#24,668by Luis Rodrigues10 years ago
Cassava provides authentication services based on the Jasig CAS protocol.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
UTHSC WPCAS
Up in the last 7 days:1,800#42,950by gpspake10 years ago
Integrate Central Authentication Service (CAS) with WordPress
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
wpCAS Server
Down in the last 7 days:9,353#46,798by Adam Backstrom14 years ago
Turns WordPress or WordPress MU into a CAS single sign-on authenticator.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day