Title: WordPress user login timeout
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# WordPress user login timeout

 *  Resolved [StevieDC](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steviedc/)
 * (@steviedc)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-user-login-timeout/)
 * I was using a plugin that allowed me to set the user login timeout to 3 hours.
   Since installing BridgeDD this does not now appear to work any more.
 * Does BridgeDD do anything with the WP user timeout?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/bridgedd/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bridgedd/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Dion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diondesigns/)
 * (@diondesigns)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-user-login-timeout/#post-6874741)
 * BridgeDD synchronizes logins/logouts, which is one of the basic reasons people
   want a bridge. Your login timeout WordPress plugin will not work with BridgeDD
   unless you obtained/wrote a companion login timeout MOD for phpBB.
 *  Thread Starter [StevieDC](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steviedc/)
 * (@steviedc)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-user-login-timeout/#post-6874816)
 * Thanks for the reply.
 * Yes. I thought that was the case.
    I think I was hoping that if I changed the
   WordPress timeout to a value that when the WP login expired the phpBB login would
   as well.
 * So, just to be clear, I am no longer able to set the WP login timeout any more
   if I am using the BridgeDD plugin. Is that correct?
 *  Plugin Author [Dion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diondesigns/)
 * (@diondesigns)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-user-login-timeout/#post-6874828)
 * And here I thought I was clear. 🙂
 * > Your login timeout WordPress plugin will not work with BridgeDD unless you 
   > obtained/wrote a companion login timeout MOD for phpBB.
 *  Thread Starter [StevieDC](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steviedc/)
 * (@steviedc)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-user-login-timeout/#post-6874843)
 * I guess you were clear. I just wanted you to see the problem that it causes.
   
   As a WordPress programmer I cannot see why you have had to do that. You also 
   do not make it clear that your plugin does this which is incredibly remiss. I
   believe that your plugin should respect the login timeout and log the user out
   of phpBB also.
 * Is it possible that you can fix this (and I do consider this to be a bug)?
 *  Plugin Author [Dion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diondesigns/)
 * (@diondesigns)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-user-login-timeout/#post-6874845)
 * You can certainly consider the synchronized logins a bug; that’s your choice.
   And you would be the first to think of it as anything but a great feature. Every
   bit of feedback I’ve received about the way BridgeDD handles synchronized logins
   has been extremely positive. In fact it’s where I’ve received the most compliments.
   It’s safe to say I will not be changing this part of BridgeDD at any time in 
   the future.
 * Also understand that the vast majority of people using BridgeDD are disabling
   logins/registrations in WordPress since the process in phpBB is much more secure
   and has built-in anti-spambot support.
 * Having said the above, you have given me an idea for a BridgeDD feature enhancement.
   Right now phpBB has a minimum limit of one day on its persistent cookies. If 
   I reduce that to one hour, BridgeDD could control login timeouts in WordPress
   to as little as one hour. That would eliminate the need for a login timeout plugin
   in WordPress.
 *  Thread Starter [StevieDC](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steviedc/)
 * (@steviedc)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-user-login-timeout/#post-6874849)
 * That sounds good. Thanks.
    Any idea when you might be able to implement that?
 *  Plugin Author [Dion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diondesigns/)
 * (@diondesigns)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-user-login-timeout/#post-6874884)
 * I honestly have no idea when it would be implemented…the idea just came to me.
   🙂
 * Having said all this, BridgeDD gives other plugins access to several parts of
   phpBB. A login timeout plugin could check whether BridgeDD was loaded, and if
   so, it could use built-in BridgeDD functions to read the phpBB login cookies,
   then reset them to whatever length of time it wanted. I’d be happy to provide
   those details on my support board:
 * [http://bridgedd.com/support/index.php](http://bridgedd.com/support/index.php)
 *  Thread Starter [StevieDC](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steviedc/)
 * (@steviedc)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-user-login-timeout/#post-6874891)
 * If you could put those details up on the board that would be great thanks.
    Do
   you want me to request them in a post?
 * Cheers,
    Steve.

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