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   Contributed by Ethan Jinks O'Sullivan — 2 years ago

   An example of how to extend time in your WordPress session by a year, simply enter this code into your `functions.php` or plugin. Other durations have been added to show different times hat can be set.

   add_filter ( 'auth_cookie_expiration', 'wpdev_login_session' );
   
   function wpdev_login_session( $expire ) { // Set login session limit in seconds
       return YEAR_IN_SECONDS;
       // return MONTH_IN_SECONDS;
       // return DAY_IN_SECONDS;
       // return HOUR_IN_SECONDS;
   }
   
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   Contributed by polev — 10 months ago

   Extension of the example, only extending expiration if $remember and low privelege.

   add_filter('auth_cookie_expiration', 'auth_cookie_expiration_filter_5587', 10, 3);
   function auth_cookie_expiration_filter_5587($expiration, $user_id, $remember) {
       if ($remember && !user_can($user_id, 'edit_others_posts')) {
           return YEAR_IN_SECONDS;
           // return MONTH_IN_SECONDS;
           // return DAY_IN_SECONDS;
           // return HOUR_IN_SECONDS;
       }
       // default
       return $expiration;
   }

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