Persistent Login

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1. ★★★★★ amfahadsafi

   1.8y ago

   Session of different user mixed after installing this plugin, like the admin session were also mix with user session and user got admin privileges. can you check this issue. i will update the rating depend on your response

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2. ★★★★★ lbdesign

   2.2y ago

   I’ve had no issues with this plugin, and it removes a little friction in my days, which is lovely. It’s also great on a membership site, to remove the need for users to constantly log back in, which is always a point of frustration. Thank you for this plugin! PS: you’ll note that most 1-star reviews are many years old. This topic was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by lbdesign. This topic was modified 10 months, 1 week ago by lbdesign.

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3. ★★★★★ humananimal

   2.4y ago

   works as described, smooth thank you!

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4. ★★★★★ lbdesign

   2.6y ago

   It’s amazing how removing a little bit of friction — like logging in every time — makes managing my sites a happier experience.

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5. ★★★★★ Li-An

   2.6y ago

   In free version, you can “choose” only one year limit time. It’s quite limited and some code or an alternative plugin will be more convenient to use.

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6. ★★★★★ webfantastic

   3.6y ago

   It’s sad, but I can’t give more than 1 star. Many people have written that the plugin conflicts with Yoast SEO, which is installed on 5 million sites and is the most popular SEO. I’m not ready to sacrifice it for your plugin. I also get an error as soon as I activate your plugin. I had to disable all plugins and turn them on in turn to find out why the error is 500. It is a pity that you have not found a solution to the problem.

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7. ★★★★★ withlovingarms

   3.7y ago

   The free plugin kept my site’s users logged in when no other solution seemed to work. After about 6 months, I got the premium version to set the limit of active logins and Luke helped customize it to vary the number of allowed logins based on my custom tables. Awesome support, highly recommended.

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8. ★★★★★ Jhonny

   4.2y ago

   It is the best WordPress plugin, the developer is attentive and in a matter of 2 days they released the bug fix I requested. Congratulations, may the plugin succeed!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 3.0.5 Feature: Added a toggle to hide the Active Logins section from the WP Admin profile page. Fix: Added missing break statement after the ‘manual’ case in the login limit logic, preventing unintended fall-through to the ‘bl 3.0.5
2. — Version 3.0.4 Fix: User count role status now reflects the saved Persistent Login role settings in premium (including when no roles are selected). Fix: Premium Active Logins “When Limit is Reached” setting now saves correctly from the 3.0.4
3. — Version 3.0.3 Feature: Added ‘Stop Count’ button to both free and premium dashboards to allow administrators to stop a running user count process. Fix: Resolved issue where user count could get stuck in ‘Counting…’ state if a previous 3.0.3
4. — Version 3.0.2 Fix: Resolved feature toggle inconsistency where some users upgrading to 3.0.0+ would see features as “enabled” on the dashboard but “disabled” on settings pages. Fix: Fixed AJAX error “failed to update feature setting” 3.0.2
5. — Version 3.0.1 Removed all reference of ‘WP’ and ‘WordPress’ from the plugin due to legal dispute. Fixed 7 day free trial link on dashboard and settings page. 3.0.1
6. — Version 3.0.0 Brand new plugin UI Improved logged in user count to update without page refresh Improved logged in user count to better handle missed updates automatically Improved pre-checking remember me boxes on login forms Improved 3.0.0

3 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.5 Persistent Login <= 3.1.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection ↗
   2026-08-19 CVE-2026-66594 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') Affects <= 3.1.0 Patched in 3.1.1
2. Medium · 6.1 Freemius SDK <= 2.5.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get ↗
   2023-07-18 CVE-2023-33999 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.0.14 Patched in 2.0.15
3. Medium · 6.3 Freemius SDK <= 2.4.2 - Missing Authorization Checks ↗
   2022-03-04 CVE-2022-4974 Missing Authorization Affects < 2.0.0 Patched in 2.0.0

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 5 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-04-08 7K+ → 6K+ down after 14 days in tier
2. 2026-03-25 6K+ → 7K+ up after 4 days in tier
3. 2026-03-21 7K+ → 6K+ down after 460 days in tier
4. 2024-12-16 6K+ → 7K+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2024-12-15 7K+ → 6K+ down after 2 days in tier
6. 2024-12-13 6K+ → 7K+ up after 13 days in tier
7. 2024-11-30 7K+ → 6K+ down after 38 days in tier
8. 2024-10-23 6K+ → 7K+ up after 19 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• User Session Control 600+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
• WPS Hide Login 2M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B
• Loginizer 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
• L Limit Login Attempts 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag D
• LoginPress | wp-login Custom Login Page Customizer 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A

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Persistent Login: 6K+ active installs, 3.9★ (25 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-persistent-login