Title: admin_email_check_interval
Published: November 12, 2019
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘admin_email_check_interval’, int $interval )

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/admin_email_check_interval/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/admin_email_check_interval/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/admin_email_check_interval/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/admin_email_check_interval/?output_format=md#changelog)
 * [User Contributed Notes](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/admin_email_check_interval/?output_format=md#user-contributed-notes)

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Filters the interval for redirecting the user to the admin email confirmation screen.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/admin_email_check_interval/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

If `0` (zero) is returned, the user will not be redirected.

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

 `$interval`int

Interval time (in seconds). Default is 6 months.

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

    ```php
    $admin_email_check_interval = (int) apply_filters( 'admin_email_check_interval', 6 * MONTH_IN_SECONDS );
    ```

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

| Version | Description | 
| [5.3.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.3.0/) | Introduced. |

## 󠀁[User Contributed Notes](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/admin_email_check_interval/?output_format=md#user-contributed-notes)󠁿

 1.   [Skip to note 3 content](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/admin_email_check_interval/?output_format=md#comment-content-5929)
 2.    [Chris David Miles](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chrisdavidmiles/)  [  4 years ago  ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/admin_email_check_interval/#comment-5929)
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 4.      ```php
         /**
          * Disable site admin email verification
          */
         add_filter( 'admin_email_check_interval', '__return_false' );
         ```
     
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 7.    [Caspie](https://profiles.wordpress.org/caspie/)  [  6 years ago  ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/admin_email_check_interval/#comment-3616)
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 9.      ```php
         /**
          * Lower the admin email check interval down to 3 months.
          */
         add_filter( 'admin_email_check_interval', static function ( $interval ) {
         	// Check if the interval has the default value of 6 months and if so, lower it to 3 months.
         	if ( 6 * MONTH_IN_SECONDS === $interval ) {
         		$interval = 3 * MONTH_IN_SECONDS;
         	}
     
         	// Return the adjusted interval.
         	return $interval;
         } );
         ```
     
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