apply_filters( ‘auth_cookie_expiration’, int $length, int $user_id, bool $remember )

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   Ethan O’Sullivan 8 years ago

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   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;
   }

   • It’s best to consider the $remember parameter and assign a shorter expiry when $remember is false (or leave it default). WP uses the difference between cookie expiry with and without “Remember me” as a heuristic flag in wp_update_user(). After a password change, it guesses the user wants “Remember me” if the current cookie time left is longer than what this filter returns with $remember = false. Comment based on WP 5.0.2.

     kitchin 5 years ago
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   polev 7 years ago

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   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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   kmvan 5 years ago

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   // forever
   add_filter('auth_cookie_expiration', function (int $length): int {
       return PHP_INT_MAX;
   });
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   Zübeyir Muştak 6 years ago

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   function wp_homework_change_cookie_logout( $expiration){
   	$user = wp_get_current_user();
   	$allowed_roles = array('administrator', 'scholar');
   		 if( array_intersect($allowed_roles, $user->roles ) ) { 
   		   $expiration = 31557600;
   		 } 
       return $expiration;
   }
   
   add_filter( 'auth_cookie_expiration','wpse108399_change_cookie_logout', 10, 3 );