Force WordPress to remember you for a longer period of time than 14 days

A co-worker asked if it was possible to ask WordPress to keep an active session longer than one day or 14 days if you click the “Remember Me.”

Which brought to a post on WordPress Development Stack Exchange where Alex Mills ( Viper007Bond) had solved this problem a year ago. This serves as a reminder of how important he was to the WordPress community. I frequently stumble upon his answers and no longer have the opportunity to thank him for taking the time.

// Extends user session to one year
add_filter( 'auth_cookie_expiration', 'keep_me_logged_in_for_1_year' );

function keep_me_logged_in_for_1_year( $expirein ) {
    return 31556926; // 1 year in seconds
}

I find the code hilarious in that it would extend period for a year which is clearly excessive. I’m sure he meant that as a joke. 😀

Case of the Mondays

GIF: From the film Office Space
“I gotta get out of here, I think I’m gonna lose it.”

Let me ask you something. When you come in on Monday, and you’re not feelin’ real well, does anyone ever say to you, ‘Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays’?

Peter Gibbons

No. No, man. Shit, no, man. I believe you’d get your ass kicked sayin’ something like that, man.

Lawrence

A random aside for a Monday, today’s actually been pretty chill 🙂