diff --git a/install/templates/stackspin-wordpress-oauth-variables.yaml.jinja b/install/templates/stackspin-wordpress-oauth-variables.yaml.jinja
index ac57ae49d69c823b5c40b74c845ebcc26de6e67b..4fbb548e3b6a6b049a2e1e2b2b3b4739f791b7dc 100644
--- a/install/templates/stackspin-wordpress-oauth-variables.yaml.jinja
+++ b/install/templates/stackspin-wordpress-oauth-variables.yaml.jinja
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ kind: Secret
 metadata:
   name: stackspin-wordpress-oauth-variables
 data:
-  client_id: wordpress
+  client_id: "{{ 'wordpress' | b64encode }}"
   client_secret: "{{ 32 | generate_password | b64encode }}"