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user1595053
user1595053

Reputation: 31

How to keep Wordpress logged in permanently

I'm trying to use WordPress as a website CMS for a kiosk. Each kiosk needs a unique username therefore it must be logged in to WordPress.

I believe WordPress does not use Session ID's therefore how can I ensure the user is never logged out of the site even after X days of inactivity?

Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 11304

Answers (5)

infugia
infugia

Reputation: 41

There seems to be mixed accepted answers. First, you should never modify the wordpress core code. Ever. Secondly, per the wordpress developer codex, the "auth_cookie_expiration" filter is what needs to be used here.

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;
}

Upvotes: 3

Amin Abdolrezapoor
Amin Abdolrezapoor

Reputation: 1847

How about just simply using the auth_cookie_expiration filter

add_filter('auth_cookie_expiration', function(){
    return YEAR_IN_SECONDS * 2;
});

Upvotes: 9

tanius
tanius

Reputation: 16829

You can use the plugin "WP Login Timeout Settings" to achieve this. Under "Settings → Login timeout", it then allows you to configure the login timeout for both a normal login and one with the "Remember Me" box ticked.

That's just the same as what the "configure-login-timeout" plugin does, which was already recommended. Just that "WP Login Timeout Settings" seems to be a bit more actively maintained at the moment.

Upvotes: 0

lukeseager
lukeseager

Reputation: 2615

I've actually created a plugin to deal with this very issue. It uses the idea of persistent login to actually keep users logged into your wordpress website all the time, kind of link how Facebook does it.

Check it out, hope it helps!

WP Persistent Login

Upvotes: 3

khaliq
khaliq

Reputation: 3115

You can try configuring the session time for Wordpress. Unfortunately, Wordpress doesn't allow you to easily manipulated this.

You can try out this plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/configure-login-timeout/

Upvotes: 1

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