Can you force (or at least prompt) new users to keep themselves logged in?
In order to reduce the likelihood of losing work, I would like the Special:UserLogin page to appear as 
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You can probably use $wgDefaultUserOptions['rememberpassword'] = 1. See $wgDefaultUserOptions (and also $wgHiddenPrefs).
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(MediaWiki 1.31.0) Add to LocalSettings.php:
$wgHooks['AuthChangeFormFields'][] = function ($requests, $fieldInfo, &$formDescriptor, $action) {
$formDescriptor['rememberMe']['default'] = true;
return true;
};
See Hooks/AuthChangeFormFields and HTMLForm.
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That looks like it might work. Where did you get this code? Can you link to a source or to documentation from which you pieced to together? – Stephen Ostermiller♦ Jul 4 '18 at 16:53
