Title: secure_signon_cookie
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# apply_filters( ‘secure_signon_cookie’, bool $secure_cookie, array $credentials )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/secure_signon_cookie/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/secure_signon_cookie/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/secure_signon_cookie/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/secure_signon_cookie/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Filters whether to use a secure sign-on cookie.

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

 `$secure_cookie`bool

Whether to use a secure sign-on cookie.

`$credentials`array

Array of entered sign-on data.

 * `user_login` string
 * Username.
 * `user_password` string
 * Password entered.
 * `remember` bool
 * Whether to `'remember'` the user. Increases the time that the cookie will be 
   kept. Default false.

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

    ```php
    $secure_cookie = apply_filters( 'secure_signon_cookie', $secure_cookie, $credentials );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/user.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/user.php#L102)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/user.php#L102-L102)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/secure_signon_cookie/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [wp_signon()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_signon/)`wp-includes/user.php` |

Authenticates and logs a user in with ‘remember’ capability.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [3.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.1.0/) | Introduced. |

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