by Scott Reilly 4.3 (7 reviews)

Remember Me Controls

Name: Remember Me Controls
Rating: 4.3 (7 reviews)
Author: Scott Reilly

Have "Remember Me" checked by default on the login page and configure how long a login is remembered. Or disable the feature altogether.

Remember Me Controls ranks #3,549 among WordPress.org plugins with 4,000+ active installations, is #120 of 1,578 in the Authentication category, a 4.3/5 rating from 7 reviews, and was last updated Sep 4, 2024. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.6 (Current: 7.1)

v2.1 Current Version v2.1

Updated 2 years ago Last Update on 04 Sep, 2024

Refreshed 7 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#120 of 1,578 in Authentication Top 5% by installs No update in over a year

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#3,549

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Active Installs

4K+

-9.7%

KW Avg Position

69.7

0.4 worse

Downloads

51.6K

+2 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

86%

Review 4.3 out of 5

4.3 (7 reviews)

Next Milestone 5K

Total Progress 40.9%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 2 days ago

Sep 5, 2024

Remember Me Controls [remember-me-controls] < 2.1 (closed)

CVE-2024-7415 · Fixed in v2.1

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.1
Last Updated: Sep 04, 2024
Requires WP: 5.5+
Tested Up To: 6.6
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Scott Reilly

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.3
Reviews: 7
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site administrators who manage user login sessions. It solves the problem of not being able to customize the built-in "Remember Me" login feature, letting admins control whether it's checked by default, how long it lasts, or disable it entirely.

Auto-check Remember Me checkbox
Customize login session duration
Disable Remember Me feature
Restrict login sessions to 2 days
BuddyPress compatibility
Sidebar Login compatibility
Login Widget With Shortcode compatibility

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Remember Me Controls

By default, if you log in without "Remember Me" checked, WordPress keeps you logged in for up to 2 days. If you check "Remember Me" (without this plugin active), WordPress keeps you logged in for up to 14 days.

WordPress remembers who you are based on cookies stored in your web browser. If you use a different web browser, clear your cookies, use a browser on a different machine, the site owner invalidates all existing login sessions, or you uninstall/reinstall (and possibly even just restart) your browser then you will have to log in again since WordPress will not be able to locate the cookies needed to identify you. Also, if you changed the remember me duration but hadn't logged out after having done so, that particular login session would still be affected by the default (or previously configured) duration.

You can't (and probably shouldn't). With a session length of less than an hour you risk timing out users too quickly.

No. The duration for which a login cookie is valid is defined within the cookie when it gets created (which is when you log in). Changing the setting for the remember me duration will only affect cookies created thereafter. You can log out and then log back in if you want the newly configured remember me duration to apply to your session. More precisely, the changes take effect for all new logins, which can happen after a preexisting login session expires, the user logs out, or the user's cookies are cleared in their browser (manually or automatically).

Certain settings being enabled may disable other settings that get superceded by the enabled setting. For instance, if the "Never remember?" setting is enabled, then all other settings are disabled since they wouldn't apply. The onscreen help text for each setting indicates what other settings are relatedly affected.

As explained in the previous FAQ entry, changes to the plugin's settings only take effect the next time a user logs in. Existing login sessions will abide by the remember me duration configured at the time they logged into their current session. The login cookies for a user session can become invalidated by the visitor by logging out or clearing their cookies. Here are some options to force all active login sessions to abide by the current login session duration: * Manually refresh your site's authentication keys and salts. * Use WP-CLI to regenerate salts. * Use the plugin WPForce Logout (to force session logouts) or Salt Shaker (to regenerate salts). Note: Plugins are merely suggestions and not necessarily recommendations.

Special handling has been added to provide compatibility with the following plugins: BuddyPress (in particular, its "Log in" widget) Sidebar Login Login Widget With Shortcode

Yes. This plugin does not collect, store, or disseminate any information from any users or site visitors.

Yes. The tests are not packaged in the release .zip file or included in plugins.svn.wordpress.org, but can be found in the plugin's GitHub repository.