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There are multiple ways to get wild shape now, far from a good while back when the only way to get it was to play a druid/feral hunter.
My question is : If you get Wild shape from multiple sources, do they stack and you get the benefit from shaping focus once or do they count as two seperate instances that both get the bonus from the feat?
Shaping focus
Your powers of shapeshifting outstrip your dabbling in the druidic faith.
Prerequisites: Wild shape class feature, Knowledge (nature) 5 ranks.
Benefit: If you are a multiclassed druid, your wild shape ability is calculated as though your druid level were four higher, to a maximum level equal to your character level.
Special: This feat has no effect if you are not a multiclassed druid.
In none of the descriptions of wildshape does it state that they stack. So, I would have to assume that they do not stack. Especially, since in many cases the non-druid wild shape is limited in what forms you can take. If they were intended to stack then I would expect to see this addressed the way it is with Green Faith Acolyte, which specifically stacks with druid wildshape.
As for the feat, in each case (of non-druid wild shape) it states that you can qualify for feats that relate to wildshape. So, when you take shaping focus it would apply to each wildshape ability you posess, separately.
If A DM feels that this is abusive, they could take take the "special" portion of the feat and state that it means that it will only apply to your druid wildshape and not your non-druid wildshape abilities.
Shaping focus only boosts Druid levels, not effective druid levels, so while more classes than Druid can qualify for it, it does nothing if they aren't a druid.