---
title: "fswa_http_connect_timeout — Filter Hook"
description: "Sets the TCP connection timeout in seconds (separate from the read timeout)."
url: "https://wpwebhooks.org/docs/fswa-http-connect-timeout/"
---

[WP Webhooks](https://wpwebhooks.org/) / [Docs](https://wpwebhooks.org/docs/) / fswa\_http\_connect\_timeout

Filter since v1.0.0

# fswa\_http\_connect\_timeout

Sets the TCP connection timeout in seconds (separate from the read timeout).

/ Signature

```
apply_filters( 'fswa_http_connect_timeout', $seconds )
```

/ When it fires

Fires when building the `wp_remote_request()` arguments for each delivery.

/ Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Req | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| $seconds | param | int | yes | Connection timeout in seconds. Default: \`2\`. |

/ Returns

`int` Connection timeout in seconds.

/ Related

[fswa\_http\_timeout](https://wpwebhooks.org/docs/fswa-http-timeout/)[fswa\_http\_args](https://wpwebhooks.org/docs/fswa-http-args/)

/Ready

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## Structured data

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