Description
Allows you the ability to set login session / expiry Settings on user capacities by admin panel.
By default the capabilities of the user are not defined in WordPress, for enhanced security their capabilities have a limit for the modification of site data, removal and creation.
Key Feature Comes with Login Timeout Sessions Plugin
- Set new login session.
- Set login ‘Remember me’ session.
- Set special timeout session for Users with a specific capability.
- For example: You can set a longer or shorter login time for administrators with the edit_theme_options” capability. (see Roles and Capabilities in WordPress Codex).
- Use the default WordPress behaviours.
- Add Updates panel (Settings > Login Sessions).
- Deactivate restore default WordPress behavior.
Here’s a link to the documentation for the plugin. This will help you learn more about its features and how to use it.
Documentation
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Installation
Automatic Install From WordPress Dashboard
- Login to your admin panel
- Navigate to Plugins -> Add New
- Search Login Timeout Sessions
- Click install and activate respectively.
Manual Install From WordPress Dashboard
If your server is not connected to the Internet, then you can use this method-
- Download the plugin by clicking on the red button above. A ZIP file will be downloaded.
- Login to your site’s admin panel and navigate to Plugins -> Add New -> Upload.
- Click choose file, select the plugin file and click install
Install Using FTP
If you are unable to use any of the methods due to internet connectivity and file permission issues, then you can use this method-
- Download the plugin by clicking on the red button above. A ZIP file will be downloaded.
- Unzip the file.
- Launch your favorite FTP client. Such as FileZilla, FireFTP, CyberDuck etc. If you are a more advanced user, then you can use SSH too.
- Upload the folder to
wp-content/plugins/ - Log in to your WordPress dashboard.
- Navigate to Plugins -> Installed
- Activate the plugin
FAQ
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How to manage login sessions?
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It is displayed in Settings->Login Sessions, and then you can edit the session from the capabilities of the users.
Reviews
Contributors & Developers
“Login Timeout Sessions” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
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Changelog
1.2.1
- Fixed: Critical bug causing automatic user logouts
- Fixed: Malformed array structure in plugin activation causing session failures
- Fixed: Incorrect get_option() default values causing array access errors
- Fixed: Invalid validation logic preventing settings from saving properly
- Fixed: Missing array key checks throughout the codebase
- Fixed: Wrong time unit defaults (changed from hours to days)
- Fixed: Checkbox value handling for capability-based sessions
- Added: Automatic detection and repair system for corrupted settings
- Added: Smart preservation of user settings during automatic repair
- Improved: Performance optimization with early exit caching
- Improved: Full compatibility with WordPress 6.8
- Improved: Error handling and defensive programming throughout
1.2
Stable Release
1.1
Stable Release
1.0.3
Stable Release
1.0.2
Stable Release
1.0.1
Stable Release
1.0.0
- Initial release