by Pantheon
4.9 (16 reviews)
Native PHP Sessions
Use native PHP sessions and stay horizontally scalable. Better living through superior technology.
Compatible with WP 6.9
v1.4.5
Current Version v1.4.5
Updated 1 month ago
Last Update on 04 Dec, 2025
Synced 9 hours ago
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98%
Review 4.9 out of 5
4.9
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- Version
- 1.4.5
- Last Updated
- Dec 04, 2025
- Requires WP
- 5.3+
- Tested Up To
- 6.9
- PHP Version
- 7.4 or higher
- Author
- Pantheon
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- Rating
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- Reviews
- 16
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Native PHP Sessions
This implements the built-in PHP session handling functions, rather than introducing anything custom. That way you can use built-in language functions like the $_SESSION superglobal and session_start() in your code. Everything else will "just work".
PHP's fallback default functionality is to allow sessions to be stored in a temporary file. This is what most code that invokes sessions uses by default, and in simple use-cases it works, which is why so many plugins do it. However, if you intend to scale your application, local tempfiles are a dangerous choice. They are not shared between different instances of the application, producing erratic behavior that can be impossible to debug. By storing them in the database the state of the sessions is shared across all application instances.
Please report security bugs found in the source code of the WP Native PHP Sessions plugin through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team will assist you with verification, CVE assignment, and notify the developers of this plugin.