How to Customize the Session Expire Time in WordPress (Easy)

By default, WordPress sessions are programmed to expire after 48 hours, or 14 days if you check the Remember Me box. Do you want to customize this option?

WordPress itself doesn't offer functionality to customize the session expiration time as a core feature, so you cannot further customize it.

The LoginPress Session Expire feature fills in the gap nicely.

You don’t need to use a separate plugin to customize the session expiration time; it's available in the core LoginPress Settings.

It lets you customize the session expiration time to your preference.

In this knowledge base article, we’ll show you how to set a custom session expiration time in just a few clicks.

Let’s get started!

Customizing Session Expiration Time With LoginPress

We assume you've installed and activated LoginPress. Let’s see how you can customize the Expiration Time with LoginPress.

First off, go to the left side of the admin dashboard and navigate to LoginPress >> Settings. In the Settings tab, you’ll see the Session Expire field.

Set the Session Expiration Time in Minutes, e.g., 10. Now click the Save Changes button.

Note: After saving, you just need to set the Expiration Cookies. For this, please log out at least once. After logout Expiration Cookies are set. Session expiration will work now.

Removing Customized Session Expire Time 

You can also remove or reset the session expiration time so users can log out of your site only when they choose.

To remove the session expiration time, pass an Empty value for the expiration field and save.

Note: After removing or resetting the session expiration time, you must clear the Expiration Cookies at least once before logging out.

That’s it! all done. Easy right? We hope you will now see how easy it is to set or remove session expiration time with LoginPress.

If you have any questions or concerns about this matter, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our support team.