About DokuWiki cookies

DokuWiki sets three default cookies. These functional cookies are required for the proper functioning of DokuWiki. No tracking is implemented with these cookies.

Used for authentication after login. This holds the necessary data to (re)login a previously authenticated user.

• Importance: necessary for anyone who needs to log in
• Typical content: encrypted username and password
• Expires: in a year if “Remember me” was checked when logging in, otherwise expires at the end of the current browser session

Used for remembering helpful user preferences, like the size of the editor textarea.

• Importance: functional
• Typical content: name/value pairs in plain text
• Expires: in a year if “Remember me” was checked when logging in, otherwise expires at the end of the current browser session

The standard PHP session identifier. Used to hold temporary data and to avoid CSRF attacks.

• Importance: necessary
• Typical content: random ID
• Expires: at the end of the browser session