WP Session Manager

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 81% 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. ★★★★★ dankfresh

   7.2y ago

   Ran into some issues with Pantheon + WPEngine and sessions being ignored in the past. This remedies those issues and abides by their recommendations.

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2. ★★★★★ havasuscannerfeed

   7.3y ago

   After installing and clicking “Activate” – I left for a few minutes, only to find this completely corrupted my SQL Database and caused my website to throw a “Error establishing a database connection” error. Deleting the directory from plugins did not resolve the issue. My web hosting company is going to attempt to restore a backup of my site in an attempt to get it back up and running.

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3. ★★★★★ Darko G.

   8.0y ago

   Good code quality, very useful when you need the joy of sessions 🙂 Keep it up.

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4. ★★★★★ Friese

   8.1y ago

   I am using WP Session Manager in several projects since some years. Initially, I was looking for a more reliable session management compared to standard PHP sessions – and found it in WP Session Manager. Thanks for this great plugin!

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5. ★★★★★ spassoart

   8.6y ago

   A big help on my codes. Don´t miss, will do great.

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6. ★★★★★ shokry055

   9.0y ago

   good

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7. ★★★★★ kaswan

   9.1y ago

   nice pulgin ,work perfect

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8. ★★★★★ Mohammed Al-Mahdawi

   10.7y ago

   Thank you.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 4.2.0 Update: Change donate link to Patreon vs PayPal. Fix: Disable the initialization routine for cron runs. 4.2.0
2. — Version 4.1.1 Fix: Defensively protect deprecated functions with function_exists() checks to avoid conflicts with other systems. Fix: Disable the initialization routine if sessions are disabled. 4.1.1
3. — Version 4.1.0 Fix: Add some defense to ensure end users are running the correct version of PHP before loading the system. Fix: Eliminate a race condition where another plugin or the theme created the session first. Fix: Schedule a cro 4.1.0
4. — Version 4.0.0 New: Add an object cache based handler to leverage Redis or Memcached if available for faster queries. New: Adopt the Contributor Covenant (v1.4) as the project’s official code of conduct. Update: Bump minimum PHP requir 4.0.0
5. — Version 3.0.4 Update: Add support for the wp_install hook to create custom table immediately. 3.0.4
6. — Version 3.0.3 Fix: Repair code blocks in the readme Fix: Use a more defensive approach to starting sessions in the event another plugin has started one already 3.0.3

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Translated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-04-02 3K+ → 2K+ down after 2 days in tier
2. 2026-03-31 2K+ → 3K+ up after 486 days in tier
3. 2024-11-30 3K+ → 2K+ down after 456 days in tier
4. 2023-09-01 4K+ → 3K+ down after 3 days in tier
5. 2023-08-29 3K+ → 4K+ up after 2 days in tier
6. 2023-08-27 4K+ → 3K+ down

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).

• Remember Me Controls 4K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag C
• Sessions 900+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
• WP Sessions Time Monitoring Full Automatic 500+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag B
• Integration for Elementor forms – Cookies 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag C
• W WP Keep Me Logged In 40+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D
• WP Event Calendar 30+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B

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WP Session Manager: 2K+ active installs, 4.7★ (24 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-session-manager