Title: WP_User_Meta_Session_Tokens::destroy_other_sessions
Published: September 4, 2014
Last modified: August 20, 2026

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# WP_User_Meta_Session_Tokens::destroy_other_sessions( string $verifier )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user_meta_session_tokens/destroy_other_sessions/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user_meta_session_tokens/destroy_other_sessions/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user_meta_session_tokens/destroy_other_sessions/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user_meta_session_tokens/destroy_other_sessions/?output_format=md#changelog)

Destroys all sessions for this user, except the single session with the given verifier.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user_meta_session_tokens/destroy_other_sessions/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$verifier`stringrequired

Verifier of the session to keep.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user_meta_session_tokens/destroy_other_sessions/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    protected function destroy_other_sessions( $verifier ) {
    	$session = $this->get_session( $verifier );
    	$this->update_sessions( array( $verifier => $session ) );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-user-meta-session-tokens.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.1/src/wp-includes/class-wp-user-meta-session-tokens.php#L108)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.1/src/wp-includes/class-wp-user-meta-session-tokens.php#L108-L111)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user_meta_session_tokens/destroy_other_sessions/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_User_Meta_Session_Tokens::get_session()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user_meta_session_tokens/get_session/)`wp-includes/class-wp-user-meta-session-tokens.php` |

Retrieves a session based on its verifier (token hash).

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| [WP_User_Meta_Session_Tokens::update_sessions()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user_meta_session_tokens/update_sessions/)`wp-includes/class-wp-user-meta-session-tokens.php` |

Updates the user’s sessions in the usermeta table.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user_meta_session_tokens/destroy_other_sessions/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [4.0.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.0.0/) | Introduced. |

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