Title: Session expires in seconds
Last modified: January 11, 2017

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# Session expires in seconds

 *  [fragas123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fragas123/)
 * (@fragas123)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/session-expires-in-seconds/)
 * Hi there,
 * Can someone help me asap? I log in on my website and in a few seconds, on every
   backoffice action I make, it automatically logs out and asks for the password
   again. It’s been happening for 3 days, I tried to find docs about this and can’t
   find any.
    Please help!!

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 *  [georged8](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georged8/)
 * (@georged8)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/session-expires-in-seconds/#post-8641988)
 * Hi,
 * There are a variety of things which can cause this particular issue however they
   can all be addressed by following some basic troubleshooting procedures:
 * 1) Check the Settings -> General -> URLs.
    WordPress URL and the Site Address
   have to be exactly the same.
 * 2) Deactivate any recent plugins.
    3) Empty Cache if you are using a caching 
   plugin. 4) Clear Browser Cookies.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/session-expires-in-seconds/#post-8642102)
 * This could well be a server issue rather than a WordPress one – especially if
   this problem began when you hadn’t made any changes to the site yourself. Try
   contacting your hosts and asking them if they will investigate this session issue
   on your site’s server.
 *  [rosemarysmith02](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rosemarysmith02/)
 * (@rosemarysmith02)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/session-expires-in-seconds/#post-8642699)
 * Hi, I’ve been having exactly the same problem as fragas123 since last Friday.
   Reading through the support forums it seemed that I needed more storage. I got
   that (at enormous expense!) this morning but it has made no difference. I have
   followed the advice in the reply above, again to no avail. The request to sign
   in again has this address: [http://ludlowquiltandsew.co.uk/wp-login.php?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fludlowquiltandsew.co.uk%2Fwp-admin%2Fedit.php%3Fpost_type%3Dpage&reauth=1](http://ludlowquiltandsew.co.uk/wp-login.php?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fludlowquiltandsew.co.uk%2Fwp-admin%2Fedit.php%3Fpost_type%3Dpage&reauth=1).
   I assume that the ‘redirect’ bit is where the problem lies, but please could 
   someone help me. I’m in despair.
 *  [georged8](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georged8/)
 * (@georged8)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/session-expires-in-seconds/#post-8642777)
 * This is most likely related to the cache system, can you try to rename these 
   two files if they are present and see if this solved the issue, you can rename
   it into anything you want.
 * [Image](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/55719247/object%20cache%20files.png)
 * Please also try to disable any caching plugins you might have.
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by [georged8](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georged8/).
 *  [rosemarysmith02](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rosemarysmith02/)
 * (@rosemarysmith02)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/session-expires-in-seconds/#post-8643027)
 * Hi. Thank you for replying so quickly. Please forgive my ignorance but I don’t
   know where to look for those two files. I’m good at quilting but useless at computing.
   I don’t have any caching plugins. It occurred to me that I updated Updraft Plus
   last week. I’ve tried to delete it, but I can’t stay logged in long enough for
   the deletion to work.
 *  [georged8](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georged8/)
 * (@georged8)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/session-expires-in-seconds/#post-8643071)
 * I assume your hosting company uses cPanel, if that`s the case this video will
   show you how to get into the /public_html/ folder and look for the /wp-content/
   wp-object.php file.
 * You could also get in touch with your hosting provider, maybe they can give you
   a hand with this.
 *  [rosemarysmith02](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rosemarysmith02/)
 * (@rosemarysmith02)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/session-expires-in-seconds/#post-8643128)
 * Thank you so much. The video looks really clear. I’ll let you know how I get 
   on.

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