denissonleal/loggedin

Limit number of active logins for a user account in WordPress

LoggedIn - Limit Active Logins

Light weight WordPress plugin to limit number of active logins from an account. Set maximum number of concurrent logins a user can have from multiple places.

Contributors: Joel James
Requires at least: 4.0
Tested up to: 5.5
Stable tag: 1.3.1
Requires PHP: 5.6
License: GPLv2+

Description

By default in WordPress users can login using one account from unlimited devices/browsers at a time. This is not good for everyone, seriously! With this plugin you can easily set a limit for no. of active logins a user can have.

LoggedIn - Features and Advantages

• Set maximum no. of active logins for a user.
  
• Block new logins when the login limit is reached.
  
• Allow new logins while logging out from other devices when the limit is reached.
  
• Prevent users from sharing their account.
  
• Useful for membership sites (for others too).
  
• No complex settings. Just one optional field to set the limit.
  
• Super Light weight.
  
• Filter to bypass login limit for certain users or roles.
  
• Completely free to use with lifetime updates.
  
• Follows best WordPress coding standards.
  

Installation | Support | Screenshots

**Development is on GitHub. Pull requests to dev brach are welcome.

Frequently Asked Questions

How can I set the limit, and where? 🤔

This plugin does not have a seperate settings page. But we have one configural settings to let you set the login limit.

1. Go to Settings page in admin dashboard.
2. Scroll down to see the section 🔐 Loggedin.
3. Set the maximum number of active logins a user can have in Maximum Active Logins option.

Can I somehow allow new logins when the limit is reached? 🤔

You can forcefully logout the user from other devices and allow new login.

1. Go to Settings page in admin dashboard.
2. Scroll down to see the section 🔐 Loggedin.
3. Select the Login Logic as Allow.

Can I block the new logins when the limit is reached? 🤔

You block the new logins when the user is logged in from maximum no. of devices according to the limit you set.

1. Go to Settings page in admin dashboard.
2. Scroll down to see the section 🔐 Loggedin.
3. Select the Login Logic as Block.
4. Now user will have to wait for the other login sessions to expire before login from new device.

How long a login session exist? How long the user needs to wait for new login? 🤔

That depends. If the “Remember Me” box is checked while login, WordPress will keep the user logged in for 14 days by default. If “Remember Me” is not checked, 2 days will be the active login session time.

You can change that period using, auth_cookie_expiration filter.

function loggedin_auth_cookie_expiration( $expire ) {
    // Allow for a month.
    return MONTH_IN_SECONDS;
}

add_filter( 'auth_cookie_expiration', 'loggedin_auth_cookie_expiration' );

How can I forcefully logout a user from all devices? 🤔

You can forcefully logout a user from all the devices he has logged into. Get his WordPress user ID and,

1. Go to Settings page in admin dashboard.
2. Scroll down to see the section 🔐 Loggedin.
3. Enter user ID of the user you would like to logout.
4. Click Force Logout.

Can I bypass this limit for certain users or roles? 🤔

Yes, of course. But this time you are going to add few lines of code. Don't worry. Just copy+paste this code in your theme's functions.php file or in custom plugin:

function loggedin_bypass_users( $bypass, $user_id ) {
    
    // Enter the user IDs to bypass.
    $allowed_users = array( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 );

    return in_array( $user_id, $allowed_users );

}

add_filter( 'loggedin_bypass', 'loggedin_bypass_users', 10, 2 );

Or if you want to bypass this for certain roles:

function loggedin_bypass_roles( $prevent, $user_id ) {

    // Array of roles to bypass.
    $allowed_roles = array( 'administrator', 'editor' );

    $user = get_user_by( 'id', $user_id );

    $roles = ! empty( $user->roles ) ? $user->roles : array();

    return ! empty( array_intersect( $roles, $allowed_roles ) );

}

add_filter( 'loggedin_bypass', 'loggedin_bypass_roles', 10, 2 );

Changelog

Please see here.