Andrew Norcross

Jason Coleman

<p>WP Bouncer restricts the number of simultaneous logins for the same WordPress user account. The plugin’s goal is to deter people from sharing their login credentials for your site, which is especially important for a paid membership, premium content, or eLearning site.</p>
<h3>How WP Bouncer Protects Shared User Logins</h3>
<ul>
<li>The plugin stores a random <code>FAKESESSID</code> for each user when they log in.</li>
<li>If a user is logged in, on each page load (init hook), WP Bouncer checks if the <code>FAKESESSID</code> stored in the user’s cookies is the same as the last login stored in a transient (<code>fakesessid_user_login</code>).</li>
<li>If the two values do no match, WP Bouncer logs the user out and redirects them to the WordPress login page or a custom page using the wp_bouncer_redirect_url filter.</li>
</ul>
<p>If the WP_BOUNCER_HEARTBEAT_CHECK is defined to true, JavaScript will be loaded to bounce users when a new user logs in with the same login. This is useful for sites with page caching.</p>
<p>Admininstrator accounts or any users with the “manage_options” capability are excluded from bounces.</p>
<h3>Or, Allow a Specific Number of Active Sessions</h3>
<p>By default, WP Bouncer only allows one session per user.</p>
<p>You can use this plugin to offer bulk memberships to corporate, education, or other group-type customers via a shared login.</p>
<p>Use the <code>wp_bouncer_number_simultaneous_logins</code> filter to allow a defined number of active “sessions”.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.paidmembershipspro.com/limit-user-active-sessions/" rel="nofollow ugc">View the Recipe</a></p>
<h3>Example Use Cases for WP Bouncer</h3>
<ul>
<li>User A logs in as “user”. Their <code>FAKESESSID</code>, say “SESSION_A” is stored in a WordPress option.</li>
<li>User B logs in as “user”. Their <code>FAKESESSID</code>, say “SESSION_B” is overwrites the stored WordPress option.</li>
<li>User A tries to load a page on your site, WP Bouncer catches them and logs them out, redirecting them to the warning message.</li>
<li>User B can browse around the site as normal… unless…</li>
<li>User A logs in again as “user”. Their <code>FAKESESSID</code>, “SESSION_A_v2” is stored in the WordPress option.</li>
<li>Now user B would be logged out if they load another page.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Hooks and Filters</h3>
<ul>
<li><code>wp_bouncer_ignore_admins</code> filter: if returning false even admins will be bounced.</li>
<li><code>wp_bouncer_redirect_url</code> filter: can be used to change the URL redirected to after being bounced.</li>
<li><code>wp_bouncer_number_simultaneous_logins</code> filter: can be set to limit logins to a number other than 1. 0 means unlimited logins.</li>
<li><code>wp_bouncer_login_flag</code>: runs right before bouncing (can be used to potentially stop the bouncing).</li>
<li><code>wp_bouncer_session_ids</code> hook: used to filter session ids when saving them. Passes $session_ids, $old_session_ids (before any were removed/bounced), and the current user’s ID as parameters.</li>
<li><code>wp_bouncer_session_length</code> hook: used to filter how long the session ids transients are set. This way, you can time the transients to expire at a specific time of day. Note that the transient is saved on every page load, so if you set it to 5 minutes, it’s going to push it out 5 minutes on every page load. You should try to set it to (the number of seconds until midnight) or something like that.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Support the Plugin Authors</h3>
<p>If you like this plugin, please check out Jason’s work with <a href="https://www.strangerstudios.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Stranger Studios</a> and <a href="https://www.paidmembershipspro.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Paid Memberships Pro</a> and <a href="http://andrewnorcross.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Andrew’s work at his personal site</a>.</p>


WP Bouncer – Limit Simultaneous Logins

Deter members from sharing login credentials: restrict simultaneous logins for the same user.

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<h4>A flexible, well-supported, and easy-to-use WordPress membership plugin for offering free and premium content from your WordPress site</h4>
<p>The simple membership plugin lets you protect your posts and pages so only your members can view the protected content.</p>
<h4>Unlimited Membership Access Levels</h4>
<p>Set up unlimited membership levels (example: free, silver, gold etc) and protect your posts and pages using the membership levels you create.</p>
<h4>Flexible Membership Duration Options</h4>
<p>Simple Membership supports multiple membership duration models, including:</p>
<ul>
<li>Fixed duration (days, weeks, months, or years)</li>
<li>No expiry / until canceled</li>
<li>Fixed future expiry date</li>
<li>Annual memberships (calendar or fiscal year based)</li>
<li>Subscription-driven access</li>
</ul>
<p>Each membership level can be configured independently to match your access rules.</p>
<h4>User Friendly Interface for Content Protection</h4>
<p>When you are editing a post or page in the WordPress editor, you can select to protect that post or page for your members.</p>
<p>Non-members viewing a protected page will be prompted to log in or become a member.</p>
<h4>Have Free and Paid Memberships</h4>
<p>You can configure it to have free and/or paid memberships on your site. Paid membership payment is handled securely via PayPal. Membership payment can also be accepted using Stripe or Braintree payment gateways.</p>
<p>Both one time and recurring/subscription payments are supported for PayPal and Stripe.</p>
<p>You can accept one time membership payment via Braintree payment gateway.</p>
<p>Option to make membership payment buttons using the new PayPal Checkout API.</p>
<p>There is also option to use PayPal smart buttons for membership payment.</p>
<p>You can enable email activation or email confirmation for the free memberships.</p>
<h4>Membership Payments Log</h4>
<p>All the payments from your members are recorded in the plugin. You can view them anytime by visiting the payments menu from the admin dashboard.</p>
<h4>Developer API</h4>
<p>There are lots of action and filter hooks that a developer can use to customize the plugin.</p>
<p>There is also an API that can be used to query, create, update member accounts.</p>
<h4>Member Login Widget on The Sidebar</h4>
<p>You can easily add a member login widget on the sidebar of your site. Simply use the login form shortcode in the sidebar widget.</p>
<p>You can also customize the member login widget by creating a custom template file in your theme (or child theme) folder.</p>
<p>Option to show a password visibility toggle option in the login form.</p>
<h4>Documentation</h4>
<p>Read the <a href="https://simple-membership-plugin.com/simple-membership-documentation/" rel="nofollow ugc">setup documentation</a> after you install the plugin to get started.</p>
<h4>Plugin Support</h4>
<p>If you encounter any issues with this plugin, please visit our website to post on the support forum or contact us directly.<br />
https://simple-membership-plugin.com/</p>
<p>You can create a free forum account to ask your questions.</p>
<h4>Additional Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Works with any WordPress theme.</li>
<li>Ability to protect photo galleries.</li>
<li>Ability to protect attachment pages.</li>
<li>Show teaser content to convert visitors into members.</li>
<li>Comments on your protected posts will also be protected automatically.</li>
<li>There is an option to enable debug logging so you can troubleshoot membership payment related issues easily (if any).</li>
<li>Ability to customize the content protection message that gets shown to non-members.</li>
<li>Ability to partially protect post or page content.</li>
<li>You can apply protection to posts and pages in bulk.</li>
<li>Ability to use merge vars in the membership email notification.</li>
<li>Membership management side is handled by the plugin.</li>
<li>Ability to manually approve your members.</li>
<li>Ability to import WordPress users as members.</li>
<li>Search for a member’s profile in your WP admin dashboard.</li>
<li>Filter members list by account status.</li>
<li>Filter members list by membership level.</li>
<li>Site admins can save private notes about members, providing a convenient way to keep track of important information.</li>
<li>Can be translated to any language.</li>
<li>Hide the admin toolbar from the frontend of your site.</li>
<li>Allow your members to delete their membership accounts.</li>
<li>Send quick notification email to your members.</li>
<li>Email all members by membership level, with an option to filter by account status.</li>
<li>Customize the password reset email for members.</li>
<li>Use Google reCAPTCHA on your member registration form.</li>
<li>Use Google reCAPTCHA on your member login and password reset form.</li>
<li>The login and registration widgets will be responsive if you are using a responsive theme.</li>
<li>Ability to restrict the commenting feature on your site to your members only.</li>
<li>Front-end member registration page.</li>
<li>Front-end member profiles.</li>
<li>Front-end member login page.</li>
<li>Option to configure after login redirection for members.</li>
<li>Option to configure after registration redirect for members.</li>
<li>Option to configure after logout redirection for members.</li>
<li>Option force the members to use strong password.</li>
<li>Option to make the users agree to your terms and conditions before they can register for a member account.</li>
<li>Option to make the users agree to your privacy policy before they can register for a member account.</li>
<li>Option to hide the registration/join option. Useful if you prefer visitors not to see the registration option on your site.</li>
<li>Option to automatically logout the members when they close the browser.</li>
<li>Ability to forward the payment notification to an external URL for further processing.</li>
<li>Option to configure whitelisting for user email addresses to allow registration only from specific email addresses or email domains.</li>
<li>Option to configure blacklisting for user email addresses to block registration from certain email addresses or email domains.</li>
<li>Allows you to set an active login limit for members, helping to prevent account sharing.</li>
<li>Option to enable and set failed login attempt limit, which helps to protect against brute force attacks.</li>
<li>Option to enable login event tracking, allowing you to view the history of member logins.</li>
<li>Option to reset the settings and data of the plugin to start fresh.</li>
<li>Option to configure PayPal payment buttons for memberships (one-time and recurring payments).</li>
<li>Option to configure Stripe payment buttons for memberships (one-time and recurring payments).</li>
<li>Option to configure Braintree payment buttons for memberships (one-time payments).</li>
<li>Free Social Login addon that lets users log in with their Google or Facebook accounts.</li>
<li>The plugin is actively maintained and we are working on new features for the plugin.</li>
<li>Browse the <a href="https://simple-membership-plugin.com/simple-membership-documentation/" rel="nofollow ugc">plugin documentation</a> to learn more about the features of this plugin.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Language Translations</h4>
<p>The following language translations are already available:</p>
<ul>
<li>English</li>
<li>German</li>
<li>French</li>
<li>Spanish</li>
<li>Spanish (Venezuela)</li>
<li>Chinese</li>
<li>Portuguese (Brazil)</li>
<li>Portuguese (Portugal)</li>
<li>Swedish</li>
<li>Macedonian</li>
<li>Polish</li>
<li>Turkish</li>
<li>Russian</li>
<li>Dutch (Netherlands)</li>
<li>Dutch (Belgium)</li>
<li>Romanian</li>
<li>Danish</li>
<li>Lithuanian</li>
<li>Serbian</li>
<li>Japanese</li>
<li>Greek</li>
<li>Latvian</li>
<li>Indonesian</li>
<li>Hebrew</li>
<li>Catalan</li>
<li>Hungarian</li>
<li>Bosnian (Bosnia and Herzegovina)</li>
<li>Slovak</li>
<li>Italian</li>
<li>Norwegian</li>
<li>Mexican</li>
<li>Arabic</li>
<li>Czech</li>
<li>Finnish</li>
</ul>
<p>You can translate the plugin using the language <a href="https://simple-membership-plugin.com/translate-simple-membership-plugin/" rel="nofollow ugc">translation documentation</a>.</p>


Simple Membership


upon reflection, the devs are doing an amazing job. They're providing an intricate piece of software to the community for free. Thanks guys.



there's a little room for improvement in terms of the docs and the core functionality. But overall, I'd recommend this software to others.


Not there yet; but impressive nonetheless 👏

Simple Membership is an excellent plugin that delivers exactly what it promises. The setup is straightforward, and it offers all the features needed for content protection and membership management. Its flexibility and compatibility with other plugins are particularly impressive. Highly recommended!

Excellent plugin - highly recommended


The plugin is simple to set up and use. It is necessary to read the documentation, but it clearly explains how to set it up and use. Well done!


Simple, yet powerful

Simple membership plugin adds membership functionality to your site. Protect members only content using content protection easily.

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