apply_filters( 'post_password_expires', int $expires )

Filters the life span of the post password cookie.

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Description

By default, the cookie expires 10 days from creation. To turn this into a session cookie, return 0.

Parameters

$expires int: The expiry time, as passed to setcookie().

Source

File: wp-login.php. View all references

$expire  = apply_filters( 'post_password_expires', time() + 10 * DAY_IN_SECONDS );

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Version	Description
3.7.0	Introduced.

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Contributed by Laurent MILLET — 4 years ago
Allows you to limit the cookie validity time either to a value passed as a parameter or to the session itself.
```
function Modif_expir_cookie( $time ) { 
  return time() + 600 ;  // 10 mn
  // for 5 minutes :  
  // return time() + 300;  in this case 60 * 5 
  // return 0; set cookie to expire at the end of the session
}
add_filter('post_password_expires', 'Modif_expir_cookie' );
```
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