Title: Compatibility with "Native PHP Sessions"
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Compatibility with "Native PHP Sessions"

 *  Resolved [rperrett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rperrett/)
 * (@rperrett)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compatibility-with-native-php-sessions/)
 * Hi Scott,
 * A site I’m working on has issues with php session file locks due to some other
   not so great plugins. The following plugin has worked well for me in the past
   moving php sessions into the database, however its not compatible with WP-SpamShield
   due to the php –
    /wp-spamshield/js/jscripts.php
 * Any thoughts on future compatibility with this?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-native-php-sessions/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-native-php-sessions/)
 * Thanks

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 *  Plugin Contributor [redsand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/redsand/)
 * (@redsand)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compatibility-with-native-php-sessions/#post-7078575)
 * Hi rperrett,
 * I have to say, I’m not a huge fan of moving PHP Sessions to the DB…that right
   there is a performance killer. I mean…brutal. It’s far better IMO to move them
   into memory (memcached, shared memory, etc) instead if you need an alternate 
   PHP session handler. So, SO much faster!!
 * That being said, it’s your choice. 🙂 To use that plugin, you should have no 
   problem with WP-SpamShield if you turn on **Compatibility Mode**. It will make
   some changes to how the plugin functions and not use the `jscripts.php` file.
 * Instructions for implementation and full info can be found on the [Configuring Advanced Features](http://www.redsandmarketing.com/plugins/wp-spamshield/advanced-configuration/)
   page.
 * Hope that helps! Let me know how it works out for you.
 * – Scott

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