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Internal server error – htaccess corrupted

Analytics Spam Blocker · support · 2015-06-18T06:48:00+00:00

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Jerobero resolved

This plugin has problems since it dosen’t apply htaccess changes correctly. I’ve installed this plugin on several sites to combat the incoming spam bots. However the plugin did eventualy managed to corrupt all of the htaccess and my sites were returning internal server errors. I had to clear htacces by hand for each site and resave all other plugins that are using htaccess. Took me few hours to do this. I’ve also had to disable this plugin until the author fixes the issue. https://wordpress.org/plugins/analytics-spam-blocker/ Hey there, I just responded to some other user’s regarding this issue so please see below: ———— Just letting you know that we’ve rewritten the plugin using a different method which keeps the .htaccess file safe and stable from any conflicts with WordPress and any other plugins that write to the file. Please feel free to re-download it if you wish, we’re in the process of updating the spam list with a better .htaccess method in place also. ———— Sorry for the inconvenience, it’s still hard to see in the code why the old version acted up the way it did.

Commercial Context

Opportunity

trust and abuse-prevention operations

Spam abuse-prevention assurance for keeping sites trusted, protected, and recoverable

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams

Wedge: test spam lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts

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Summary: Internal server error – htaccess corrupted: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence quote: Internal server error – htaccess corrupted This plugin has problems since it dosen’t apply htaccess changes correctly.

Affected feature: spam

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Analytics Spam Blocker

800 active installs · 44.2K downloads · rating 78.0

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Luke Williamson 2015-06-21T10:58:00+00:00

Hey there, I just responded to some other user’s regarding this issue so please see below: ———— Just letting you know that we’ve rewritten the plugin using a different method which keeps the .htaccess file safe and stable from any conflicts with WordPress and any other plugins that write to the file. Please feel free to re-download it if you wish, we’re in the process of updating the spam list with a better .htaccess method in place also. ———— Sorry for the inconvenience, it’s still hard to see in the code why the old version acted up the way it did.