public function should_start_session() {

    $start_session = true;

    if( ! empty( $_SERVER[ 'REQUEST_URI' ] ) ) {

      $blacklist = $this->get_blacklist();
      $uri       = ltrim( $_SERVER[ 'REQUEST_URI' ], '/' );
      $uri       = untrailingslashit( $uri );

      if( in_array( $uri, $blacklist ) ) {
        $start_session = false;
      }

      if( false !== strpos( $uri, 'feed=' ) ) {
        $start_session = false;
      }

      if( is_admin() && false === strpos( $uri, 'wp-admin/admin-ajax.php' ) ) {
        // We do not want to start sessions in the admin unless we're processing an ajax request
        $start_session = false;
      }

      if( false !== strpos( $uri, 'wp_scrape_key' ) ) {
        // Starting sessions while saving the file editor can break the save process, so don't start
        $start_session = false;
      }

    }

    return apply_filters( 'edd_start_session', $start_session );

  }