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WordPress – Enable PHP Session

Add the following code under the top PHP opening tag of wp-config.php.

<?php
  if (!session_id()) {
    session_start();
  }
...

We can now make use of the $_SESSION[] in WordPress. The reason of putting the session_start() in wp-config.php is because this configuration file will not be overwritten during a WordPress update.

Thanks Frank Verhoeven.

Done =)

Reference: Frank Verhoeven – Using Sessions in WordPress

Updated @ 2012-08-02: Please note that their maybe security issue of using the PHP session. For more information, please refer to the following link.
PHP $_SESSION variables