How to prevent account sharing/restrict concurrent sessions in WordPress with the Session Restrictions Feature?

Follow these steps to Session Restrictions on WordPress :

• Go to WordPress instance and log in as an administrator.
• Click on the Device Settings tab from the navigation.



Method 1 – Follow these steps to set Session Restriction and allow access to a new logged-in user

• Select the Enable Session Restriction Option check box.
• Now, enter the number of devices that you want to be logged in simultaneously.
• After clicking Allow Access, a user will be able to log in, but all other active sessions will be terminated when the limit is reached.
• Please click on the Save Settings button.


• We have successfully configured session restriction settings.


• Enter your WordPress credentials by clicking on the login button.


• You will be successfully logged into another device.


• If the concurrent session limit is exceeded then you will be logged out from the first device. You have received a session expiration message. Log in to continue where you left off.


• By clicking on the login button, you can enter your WordPress credential.

Method 2 – Follow these steps to set Session Restriction and disable access to a new logged-in user

• Select the Enable Session Restriction Option check box.
• Now, enter the number of devices that you want to be logged in simultaneously.
• After clicking Disable access, a user will be able to log in, but all other active sessions will be terminated when the limit is reached.
• Please click on the Save Settings button.


• We have successfully configured session restriction settings.


• By clicking on the login button, you can enter your WordPress credentials.
• You have reached the maximum number of concurrent sessions then you won’t be allows logged. We recommend that you log out of another session or wait for it to expire.

Additional Resources

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• Session Time For WordPress LMS?
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