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apply_filters( 'post_password_expires', int $expires )

Since
3.7.0
Filters the life span of the post password cookie.

Description

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

Compatibility

WordPress
since 3.7.0
  • 6.7.7
  • 6.8.8
  • 6.9.7
  • 7.0.4
  • 7.1.0

Present in every tracked release (6.7.7 to 7.1.0).

Parameters

$expiresint
The expiry time, as passed to setcookie().

Where this hook fires · 1

  • wp-login.php:787file scope

Source code

		 * into a session cookie, return 0.		 *		 * @since 3.7.0		 *		 * @param int $expires The expiry time, as passed to setcookie().		 */		$expire = apply_filters( 'post_password_expires', time() + 10 * DAY_IN_SECONDS ); 		if ( $redirect_to ) {			$secure = ( 'https' === parse_url( $redirect_to, PHP_URL_SCHEME ) );		} else {			$secure = false;		}

Changelog

Introduced in 3.7.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.

  1. 6.7.7
  2. 6.8.8
  3. 6.9.7
  4. 7.0.4
  5. 7.1.0

Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.

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