Title: Plugin starts before WordPress
Last modified: May 3, 2017

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# Plugin starts before WordPress

 *  [alexfornuto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexfornuto/)
 * (@alexfornuto)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-starts-before-wordpress/)
 * This plugin calls `session_start` before WordPress has been bootstrapped, conflicting
   with and preventing the [WordPress Native PHP Sessions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-native-php-sessions/)
   plugin from starting, and avoiding any potential code checks.
 * Please update to bootstrap WordPress before calling `session_start`.

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 *  [Rob W](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robertark/)
 * (@robertark)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-starts-before-wordpress/#post-9255715)
 * Bump!
 * This causes problems on Pantheon. Looking forward to a resolution.
 *  [nik45370](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nik45370/)
 * (@nik45370)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-starts-before-wordpress/#post-9495305)
 * Bump again!
 * This plugin is great would love to use it on Pantheon!
 * Edit: I just found the fix for this. You need to load the Pantheon Sessions plugin
   first which can be done via the mu-plugins.
 * [https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-native-php-sessions/](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-native-php-sessions/)
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by [nik45370](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nik45370/).

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 * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/wordpress-social-login_a1a2bc.svg)
 * [WordPress Social Login](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-social-login/)
 * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-social-login/#faq)
 * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-social-login/)
 * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-social-login/active/)
 * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-social-login/unresolved/)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-social-login/reviews/)

 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [nik45370](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nik45370/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-starts-before-wordpress/#post-9495305)
 * Status: not resolved