Native PHP Sessions

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 87% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ Infinite Uploads

   4.6y ago

   I did not have high hopes for this, looking for plugins to resolve the issue my site was having in Site Health and figured I might as well try this after running across it on Google. I installed it, and it fixed loopback requests and API issues in Site Health. I am very impressed!

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2. ★★★★★ uninvolved

   5.3y ago

   I have no idea how this plugin even works. As I was going through the list of popular/recommended plugins, this one was way down on the list. I installed it on my test site and it didn’t break anything, so I moved it into the production site. I use a plugin that lets me view the error log without having to open an FTP client. Since installing this plugin, I’ve had almost zero errors in the log. In fact, right now it has been more than 48 hours (pretty high traffic site) and not a single error has been added to the log. Again, I have no clue how this plugin works. I understand the plugin conceptually, else I’d have never installed it. But, the specifics I do not know. What I do know for certain is that there’s a marked improvement by way of reduced errors. I think the site may even be more responsive – but it already operates with an A/A on the various page load/speed tests, so I can’t measure any difference there. This is a site with more than 70 active plugins and maybe 200 visitors a day.

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3. ★★★★★ OkorieWare

   5.5y ago

   Native PHP Sessions is easily another plugin that should be standard for WordPress. And, support is excellent too.

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4. ★★★★★ atigoal

   5.8y ago

   Danke.. habe sehr lange nach dem Fehler gesucht und mit diesem Plugin das Problem gelöst.

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5. ★★★★★ lefaye

   6.1y ago

   Native PHP Sessions fixed all errors (curl errors) in my WP installation! Now wordpress shows no errors in the page status but “Top Job” 🙂 Thank you so much!

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6. ★★★★★ Marcellus_Cologne

   6.1y ago

   resolved REST API and Loopback request error on my page too. THX

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7. ★★★★★ Mad_Jane

   6.2y ago

   Thank you, thank you, thank you

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8. ★★★★★ cristian2189

   6.6y ago

   Great! This resolved REST API and Loopback request error and another error related to wp_version_check! Thank you!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.4.5 Compatibility: Supports WordPress 6.9 1.4.5
2. — Version 1.4.4 Compatibility: Supports PHP 8.4 Increases minimum supported PHP version to 7.4 Increases minimum supported WordPress version to 5.3 Update plugin name in README files and main plugin file to “Native PHP Sessions” [ #312 1.4.4
3. — Version 1.4.3 Fixed a PHP warning when running the pantheon session add-index command on a single site installation. [ #285 ] 1.4.3
4. — Version 1.4.2 Fixed an issue with the pantheon session add-index PHP warning. [ #276 ] Fixed a syntax issue with the suggested WP CLI commands [ #278 ] Made wp pantheon session add-index , wp pantheon session primary-key-finalize , an 1.4.2
5. — Version 1.4.1 Fixed an issue with the pantheon session add-index command not working properly on WP multisite [ #270 ] Made the notice added in 1.4.0 dismissable (stores in user meta) & hides for multisite (an update is coming to iter 1.4.1
6. — Version 1.4.0 Adds new CLI command to add a Primary Column (id) to the pantheon_sessions table for users who do not have one. [ #265 ] Adds alert to dashboard for users who need to run the command. 8.3 compatibility and code quality u 1.4.0

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.9

Translated into 6 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-04-20 20K+ → 10K+ down

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Native PHP Sessions: 10K+ active installs, 4.9★ (16 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-native-php-sessions