Title: WP_User_Meta_Session_Tokens::update_session
Published: September 4, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# WP_User_Meta_Session_Tokens::update_session( string $verifier, array $session = null )

## In this article

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

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

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

 `$verifier`stringrequired

Verifier for the session to update.

`$session`arrayoptional

Session. Omitting this argument destroys the session.

Default:`null`

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

    ```php
    protected function update_session( $verifier, $session = null ) {
    	$sessions = $this->get_sessions();

    	if ( $session ) {
    		$sessions[ $verifier ] = $session;
    	} else {
    		unset( $sessions[ $verifier ] );
    	}

    	$this->update_sessions( $sessions );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-user-meta-session-tokens.php/)
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## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user_meta_session_tokens/update_session/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

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

Retrieves all sessions of the user.

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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/update_session/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

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

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