Can I change the length of sessions in the Control Panel?
Question: Can I change the length of the session used in the Control Panel before it times out?
Answer: You can change the length, but you have to alter a backend file. Open system/core/core.session.php and look around line 63. You’ll see this:
var $user_session_len = 7200; // User sessions expire in two hours
var $cpan_session_len = 3600; // Admin sessions expire in one hour
These two variables specify the session lengths (for both the User and Control panel sessions) in the number of seconds.
