Based on research here and elsewhere, I have the following code that sets a cookie on a site: add_action( ‘init’, ‘my_set_cookie’,1 ); function my_set_cookie() { if (! $_COOKIE[‘mycookie’]) { $guid = ‘xxxx’; // normally a real guid value so it will be unique setcookie(‘mycookie’, $guid, time()+(3600*24*30),”https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/”); } return; } But even though the init hook … Read more
How to share cookies cross origin? More specifically, how to use the Set-Cookie header in combination with the header Access-Control-Allow-Origin? Here’s an explanation of my situation: I am attempting to set a cookie for an API that is running on localhost:4000 in a web app that is hosted on localhost:3000. It seems I’m receiving the … Read more
According to EU Article 5(3) of the E-Privacy Directive (a.k.a ‘The Cookie Laws’), web sites that target EU users have to gain opt-in consent from users before they set a cookie. See ICO Guidance I am trying to square this with Google Analytics on my web site. I would imagine that Google Analytics (GA) can … Read more
For my authentication process I create a unique token when a user logs in and put that into a cookie which is used for authentication. So I would send something like this from the server: Set-Cookie: token=$2a$12$T94df7ArHkpkX7RGYndcq.fKU.oRlkVLOkCBNrMilaSWnTcWtCfJC; path=/; Which works on all browsers. Then to delete a cookie I send a similar cookie with the … Read more
I read some posts about “JWT vs Cookie” but they only made me more confused… I want some clarification, when people talking about “token-based authentication vs cookies”, cookies here merely refer to session cookies? My understanding is that cookie is like a medium, it can be used to implement a token-based authentication(store something that can … Read more
My site is hosted by a university that runs all external traffic through an alias. The actual URL of the server is accessible only on campus. Right now I have the site address set to the alias and the wordpress address is the real server (to make that work I had to make several manual … Read more
I am pulling images from an ACF gallery that resides on another page. What I intend to do with this is to have these images displaying full screen on my home page on a popup every time the page loads. However, when a website user lands on the home page a random image should popup … Read more
I’m trying to configure the WordPress cookie expiration time, but for some reason it’s not working. I went here: auth_cookie_expiration And put the following hook based on the doc: function init() { // … $expiration = 60; apply_filters( ‘auth_cookie_expiration’, $expiration ); } This code is called from a hook in my plugin’s constructor: add_action( ‘init’, … Read more
I need to show a popup where the user can choose the language and which section to open (partners, customers, support) and that this choice is kept in the cookies so that the next time he returns that section and the selected language are opened directly, but I don’t know how to do this, any … Read more
What is the difference between token authentication and authentication using cookies? I am trying to implement the Ember Auth Rails Demo but I do not understand the reasons behind using token authentication as described in the Ember Auth FAQ on the question “Why token authentication?” 9 Answers 9
