Best session management plugins for WordPress
The most popular session management plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Loggedin leads with 8K+ active installs, ahead of Persistent Login (5K+) and Simple Session Support (200+). All 6 plugins tagged “session management” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 6 session management plugins
- 1.
LoggedinThe most installed session management plugin, with 8K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 112 reviews, updated 6 days ago.
- 2.
Persistent Login5K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 26 reviews, updated 4 weeks ago.
- 3.
Simple Session Support200+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 13 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 4.
PhotoBerry Studio for Photographers50+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 5.
User and Login Management10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 6.
Studio Matrix Session BookingFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
All 6 plugins tagged “session management”
Loggedin
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,414by Joel James6 days ago
Session and login manager for WordPress. Limit concurrent logins, stop account sharing, auto logout idle users and force logout any device.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.9(112)
- Downloads
- 105/day
Persistent Login
Down in the last 7 days:2#2,925by lukeseager28 days ago
Persistent Login keeps users logged into your website, limits the number of active logins allowed at one time and alerts users of new devices logging …
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 3.9(26)
- Downloads
- 60/day
Simple Session Support
Up in the last 7 days:12#11,568by Peter Wooster13 years ago
Provides support for the PHP session allowing data to be retained from one request to another.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(13)
- Downloads
- 6/day
PhotoBerry Studio for Photographers
Up in the last 7 days:312#20,738by BerryPress1 month ago
Create and showcase image galleries, manage sessions, protect images, streamline proofing with tools like watermarking, favorites, and image comments.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 9/day
User and Login Management
Down in the last 7 days:8,092#48,031by miniOrange1 month ago
This plugin provides bulk user import/export, users session & login activity management, page privacy & security, and user redirection in one place
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Studio Matrix Session Booking
#74,112by Studio Matrix Pvt Ltd7 years ago
Studio Matrix Session Booking allows the admin to choose a product along with the duration of a session form all the products which were created via w …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day