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Prevent Concurrent Logins

By Frankie Jarrett

User Management & Authentication / User Registration & Login

Prevent Concurrent Logins Review - In-Depth Analysis

Prevents users from staying logged into the same account from multiple places. This enhances security and deters account sharing.

Performance Overview

WPS Score

6.67/10

User Rating

5/5 (based on 17+ reviews)

Active Installations

900+

Update Frequency

Below Average It is calculated using the weighted average of same category plugins.

Security Score

1 / 10 (Very Low Risk) It is calculated using the weighted average of all versions.

What It Does

This plugin helps to prevent users from being logged into the same account from multiple locations. It deters members and subscribers from sharing their accounts with others, enhancing security by automatically destroying old sessions.

When an old session is detected, users will be prompted to log in again if they wish to continue. This feature is especially useful for membership sites and web applications.

If you plan to network-activate this plugin on a multisite network, please install the Proper Network Activation plugin beforehand.

Other Notable Features

Here are a few other notable features of this free Prevent Concurrent Logins plugin.

prevent concurrent logins

user login security

membership site security

FAQ

This plugin does not have a settings page. Simply put, I don’t like bloating my plugins with a bunch of options.

Instead, I try to develop functionality using the 80/20 principle so that for 80% of use cases you all you need to do is activate the plugin and it “just works”.

For the other 20% of you who want things to behave differently there are hooks available in the plugin so you can customize default behaviors.

Yes, simply add this code to your theme’s functions.php file or as an MU plugin:

 function my_pcl_whitelist_user_ids( $prevent, $user_id ) {      $whitelist = array( 1, 2, 3 ); // Provide an array of whitelisted user IDs      return in_array( $user_id, $whitelist ) ? false : $prevent;  } add_filter( 'pcl_prevent_concurrent_logins', 'my_pcl_whitelist_user_ids', 10, 2 );

Or this code to bypass users with certain roles:

 function my_pcl_whitelist_roles( $prevent, $user_id ) {      $whitelist = array( 'administrator', 'editor' ); // Provide an array of whitelisted user roles      $user = get_user_by( 'id', absint( $user_id ) );      $roles = ! empty( $user->roles ) ? $user->roles : array();      return array_intersect( $roles, $whitelist ) ? false : $prevent;  } add_filter( 'pcl_prevent_concurrent_logins', 'my_pcl_whitelist_roles', 10, 2 );