Title: wp_auth_check_interval
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: April 1, 2020

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# apply_filters( ‘wp_auth_check_interval’, int $interval )

## In this article

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

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Filters the authentication check interval.

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

 `$interval`int

The interval in which to check a user’s authentication. Default 3 minutes in seconds,
or 180.

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

    ```php
    * Localizes some of them.
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/script-loader.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/script-loader.php#L731)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/script-loader.php#L731-L731)

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

| Version | Description | 
| [3.6.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.6.0/) | Introduced. |

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