Changing cooking expiration

[Uwe Trenkner]

Currently, the expiration times for the (login) cookie is set to 3 days, or 12 days (plus 12h grace period) if user clicks “keep me logged in”.

Do you seen any problem with changing the latter to a much longer expiration time? My client does not want their members to have to login frequently. They see newspaper sites such as Washington Post setting their cookies to 1 year or more, so that in most cases paying users can directly see protected content. Could I adapt the cookie time to 1 year in SWPM, too? Note, I am aware that SWPM limits the cookie time to the expiration of the user’s membership, which makes a lot of sense.

[The Assurer]

Do you seen any problem with changing the latter to a much longer expiration time? My client does not want their members to have to login frequently.

1. If you change the base code, in order to do this, you must ensure that whenever the plugin is upfated by WordPress; that you “redo” your modifications.
    
2. One year for a login cookie is an awfully long time. You run the risk of a user clearing their cookies, changing phones, etc. after a few months; and then they can’t remember their password.
    

Other than that, yeah, go for it.

[Uwe Trenkner]

OK, thanks!

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