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.

Champ Camba

Ultimate Member

Mykyta Synelnikov

<h4>User Profile & Membership Plugin for WordPress</h4>
<p>The ultimate user profile & membership plugin for WordPress. The plugin makes it a breeze for users to sign-up and become members of your website. The plugin allows you to add beautiful user profiles to your site and is designed for creating advanced online communities and membership sites. Lightweight and highly extendible, Ultimate Member will enable you to create almost any type of site where users can join and become members with absolute ease.</p>
<h4>Features of the plugin include:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Front-end user profiles</li>
<li>Front-end user registration</li>
<li>Front-end user login</li>
<li>Custom form fields</li>
<li>Conditional logic for form fields</li>
<li>Drag and drop form builder</li>
<li>User account page</li>
<li>Custom user roles</li>
<li>Member directories</li>
<li>User emails</li>
<li>Content restriction</li>
<li>Conditional nav menus</li>
<li>Show author posts & comments on user profiles</li>
<li>Developer friendly with dozens of actions and filters</li>
</ul>
<p>Read about all of the plugin’s features at <a href="https://ultimatemember.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Ultimate Member</a></p>
<h4>Paid Extensions</h4>
<p>Ultimate Member has a range of extensions that allow you to extend the power of the plugin. You can purchase all of these extensions at a significant discount with one of our <a href="https://ultimatemember.com/pricing/" rel="nofollow ugc">paid plans</a> or you can purchase extensions individually.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://ultimatemember.com/extensions/zapier/" rel="nofollow ugc">Zapier</a> – Allow to integrate the Zapier popular apps with Ultimate Member</li>
<li><a href="https://ultimatemember.com/extensions/stripe/" rel="nofollow ugc">Stripe</a> – Sell paid memberships to access your website via Stripe subscriptions</li>
<li><a href="https://ultimatemember.com/extensions/user-notes/" rel="nofollow ugc">User Notes</a> – Allow users to create public and private notes from their profile</li>
<li><a href="https://ultimatemember.com/extensions/profile-tabs/" rel="nofollow ugc">Profile Tabs</a> – Allow to add the custom tabs to profiles</li>
<li><a href="https://ultimatemember.com/extensions/user-locations/" rel="nofollow ugc">User Locations</a> – Allow to display users on a map on the member directory page and allow users to add their location via their profile</li>
<li><a href="https://ultimatemember.com/extensions/unsplash/" rel="nofollow ugc">Unsplash</a> – Allow users to select a profile cover photo from <a href="https://unsplash.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Unsplash</a> from their profile</li>
<li><a href="https://ultimatemember.com/extensions/user-bookmarks/" rel="nofollow ugc">User Bookmarks</a> – Allow users to bookmark content from your website</li>
<li><a href="https://ultimatemember.com/extensions/user-photos/" rel="nofollow ugc">User Photos</a> – Allow users to upload photos to their profile</li>
<li><a href="https://ultimatemember.com/extensions/groups/" rel="nofollow ugc">Groups</a> – Allow users to create and join groups around shared topics, interests etc.</li>
<li><a href="https://ultimatemember.com/extensions/private-content/" rel="nofollow ugc">Private Content</a> – Display private content to logged in users that only they can access</li>
<li><a href="https://ultimatemember.com/extensions/user-tags/" rel="nofollow ugc">User Tags</a> – Lets you add a user tag system to your website</li>
<li><a href="https://ultimatemember.com/extensions/social-activity/" rel="nofollow ugc">Social Activity</a> – Let users create public wall posts & see the activity of other users</li>
<li><a href="https://ultimatemember.com/extensions/woocommerce/" rel="nofollow ugc">WooCommerce</a> – Allow you to integrate WooCommerce with Ultimate Member</li>
<li><a href="https://ultimatemember.com/extensions/private-messages/" rel="nofollow ugc">Private Messages</a> – Add a private messaging system to your site & allow users to message each other</li>
<li><a href="https://ultimatemember.com/extensions/followers/" rel="nofollow ugc">Followers</a> – Allow users to follow each other on your site and protect their profile information</li>
<li><a href="https://ultimatemember.com/extensions/real-time-notifications/" rel="nofollow ugc">Real-time Notifications</a> – Add a notifications system to your site so users can receive real-time notifications</li>
<li><a href="https://ultimatemember.com/extensions/social-login/" rel="nofollow ugc">Social Login</a> – Let users register & login to your site via Facebook, Twitter, G+, LinkedIn, Instagram and Vkontakte (VK.com)</li>
<li><a href="https://ultimatemember.com/extensions/bbpress/" rel="nofollow ugc">bbPress</a> – With the bbPress extension you can beautifully integrate Ultimate Member with bbPress</li>
<li><a href="https://ultimatemember.com/extensions/mailchimp/" rel="nofollow ugc">MailChimp</a> – Allow users to subscribe to your MailChimp lists when they signup on your site and sync user meta to MailChimp</li>
<li><a href="https://ultimatemember.com/extensions/user-reviews/" rel="nofollow ugc">User Reviews</a> – Allow users to rate & review each other using a 5 star rate/review system</li>
<li><a href="https://ultimatemember.com/extensions/verified-users/" rel="nofollow ugc">Verified Users</a> – Add a user verification system to your site so user accounts can be verified</li>
<li><a href="https://ultimatemember.com/extensions/mycred/" rel="nofollow ugc">myCRED</a> – With the myCRED extension you can integrate Ultimate Member with the popular myCRED points management plugin</li>
<li><a href="https://ultimatemember.com/extensions/notices/" rel="nofollow ugc">Notices</a> – Alert users to important information using conditional notices</li>
<li><a href="https://ultimatemember.com/extensions/profile-completeness/" rel="nofollow ugc">Profile Completeness</a> – Encourage or force users to complete their profiles with the profile completeness extension</li>
<li><a href="https://ultimatemember.com/extensions/friends/" rel="nofollow ugc">Friends</a> – Allows users to become friends by sending & accepting/rejecting friend requests</li>
</ul>
<h4>Free Extensions</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://ultimatemember.com/extensions/jobboardwp/" rel="nofollow ugc">JobsBoardWP</a> – This free extension integrates Ultimate Member with the job board plugin <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/jobboardwp" rel="ugc">JobBoardWP</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://ultimatemember.com/extensions/forumwp/" rel="nofollow ugc">ForumWP</a> – This free extension integrates Ultimate Member with the forum plugin <a href="https://forumwpplugin.com" rel="nofollow ugc">ForumWP</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://ultimatemember.com/extensions/terms-conditions/" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms & Conditions</a> – Add a terms and condition checkbox to your registration forms & require users to agree to your T&Cs before registering on your site.</li>
<li><a href="https://ultimatemember.com/extensions/google-recaptcha/" rel="nofollow ugc">Google reCAPTCHA</a> – Stop bots on your registration & login forms with Google reCAPTCHA</li>
<li><a href="https://ultimatemember.com/extensions/online-users/" rel="nofollow ugc">Online Users</a> – Display what users are online with this extension</li>
</ul>
<h4>Theme</h4>
<p>Our official <a href="https://ultimatemember.com/theme/" rel="nofollow ugc">theme</a> is purpose built for websites that have logged in and out users. The <a href="https://ultimatemember.com/theme/" rel="nofollow ugc">theme</a> has deep integration with Ultimate Member plugin and the extensions, different header designs for logged-in/out users and works alongside the Beaver Builder and Elementor page builders.</p>
<h4>Our other plugins</h4>
<p>In addition to Ultimate Member, we also have two other plugins: <a href="https://forumwpplugin.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">ForumWP</a> and <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/jobboardwp" rel="ugc">JobBoardWP</a>.</p>
<h4>ForumWP</h4>
<p><a href="https://forumwpplugin.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">ForumWP</a> is a forum plugin which adds an online forum to your website, allowing users to create topics and write replies. Forums are a great way to build and grow an online community.</p>
<h4>JobBoardWP</h4>
<p><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/jobboardwp" rel="ugc">JobBoardWP</a> is a job board plugin which adds a modern job board to your website. Display job listings and allow employers to submit and manage jobs all from the front-end.</p>
<h4>Development * Translations</h4>
<p>If you’re a developer and would like to contribute to the source code of the plugin you can do so via our <a href="https://github.com/ultimatemember/ultimatemember" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub Repository</a>.</p>
<p>Want to add a new language to Ultimate Member? Great! You can contribute via <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/ultimate-member" rel="nofollow ugc">translate.wordpress.org</a>.</p>
<p>If you are a developer and you need to know the list of UM Hooks, make this via our <a href="https://docs.ultimatemember.com/article/1324-hooks-list" rel="nofollow ugc">Hooks Documentation</a> or <a href="https://ultimatemember.github.io/ultimatemember/hooks/" rel="nofollow ugc">Hooks Documentation v2</a>.</p>
<p>If you are a developer and you need to know the structure of our code, make this via our <a href="https://ultimatemember.github.io/ultimatemember/phpdoc/" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation API</a>.</p>
<h4>Documentation & Support</h4>
<p>Got a problem or need help with Ultimate Member? Head over to our <a href="http://docs.ultimatemember.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">documentation</a> and perform a search of the knowledge base. If you can’t find a solution to your issue then you can create a topic on the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ultimate-member" rel="ugc">support forum</a>.</p>


Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin


I installed and attempted to configure the plugin, but there was a lack of adequate documentation. Even after adding the member directory shortcode, the members weren't displayed, and it was unclear whether users were logging in successfully. The setup process was frustratingly difficult. I personally don't recommend this plugin due to its poor graphical user interface—the worst I've ever encountered.


Useless plugin can not set profile and member directory


UM is highly developer friendly plugin. It provides a plethora of actions and filter to customize the plugin functionality to one's needs. 


Developer friendly plugin

Membership & community plugin with user profiles, registration & login, member directories, content restriction, user roles and much more.

WP Bouncer – Limit Simultaneous Logins vs Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin