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complaint not working here :(

not working here :(: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · because here it doesn’t work at all, there is no config secret or difficulty, just 4 checkboxes, after that I get still full access to my wp-content/uploads with any browser and wget gives me an easy 200 ok for every single file, so what is wrong? complaint Doesn’t work well with WooCommerce without paid extension

Doesn’t work well with WooCommerce without paid extension: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · Doesn’t work well with WooCommerce without paid extension This plugin provides direct access protection to the media files but disturbs WooCommerce’s payment plugins, such as “Payment plugin for Stripe” or “WooCommerce PayPal payment.” When you choose a payment method that causes page rewriting by JavaScript, it results in a 500 error behind the loading icon mixed Unable to Protect Files

Unable to Protect Files: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · Unable to Protect Files List view – after clicking the “ Protect this file “, keep getting the error “ This file is already protected. mixed Cannot protect file as Editor

Cannot protect file as Editor: users show security, bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · I have the following problem: If I log in as WP administrator, I can use the “Configure file protection” link (in the list view of Media Library) and do things as expected. mixed Critical error after saving settings on first tab

Critical error after saving settings on first tab: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · Critical error after saving settings on first tab Hi, I saved the settings of the first tab and there was a critical error. mixed Subdomain

Subdomain: users show missing feature, pricing, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · Subdomain Hello, I would like to apply this to only a subdomain on a server configured with NGINX, is this possible and is there any documentation for this? complaint Download timeout after 300 seconds on slow connections (free version)

Large protected downloads time out after five minutes on slow connections, and support says timeout prevention is only available in PDA Gold.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · Downloads of larger files get cut off after exactly 5 minutes (300 seconds), but only on slow internet connections. mixed automatic renewal of license?

automatic renewal of license?: users show security, pricing, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · automatic renewal of license? complaint NINA Liar – Terrible Customer Service – Promises Refund but never comes through

NINA Liar – Terrible Customer Service – Promises Refund but never comes through: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · Nina who is the person running the customer support team asked what was wrong with the plugin. complaint PDA Free Not Working Under Different Languages

Switching site languages causes protected files to become unprotected and prevents re-protecting them, creating a file access control gap.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · all files under that language were unprotected complaint Using plugin on an Instawp environment

On an InstaWP Nginx-proxy staging site, protected PDF links remained directly accessible and required server rewrite configuration.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · the file can be accessed through each protected link normally complaint WP Folio Crashed my site! SUCURI conflict?

A WooCommerce site owner says a conflict with Sucuri left them blocked out and made the site unreliable while assets were frozen.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · I am blocked out complaint PDA update to v2.8.8.6 blocks access to Dashboard

A PDA update blocked WordPress dashboard access, but the vendor provided a fixed build that resolved the known issue.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · Our access to the Dashboard was blocked. complaint Avoid free version

Avoid free version: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · Avoid free version Does not work with Nginx and also as an added bonus blocked all Editor uses from seeing pages giving them a 404 instead. complaint Brock my site with 404. Avoid

Brock my site with 404. Avoid: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · It may be that our custom rewrite rules are not inserted into your server configuration file properly. complaint DOESN’T WORK!

DOESN’T WORK!: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · We haven’t received any reports from our customers about this issue yet. mixed Protected files are not accessible even to administrators

Protected files are not accessible even to administrators: users show bugs, compatibility, pricing pain that may indicate a product gap.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · Protected files are not accessible even to administrators I installed the “Pevent direct access” plugin for free on my word press site. mixed No file access

No file access: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · No file access Hi I have just installed this onto my site and can’t seem to get it to work. mixed Protected files and private links are publicly accessible

Protected files and private links are publicly accessible: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · The second issue I am facing is I am using the disable right click feature to prevent users from finding the path to the mp3s in my audio player. mixed Plugin is incompatible with scaled files created by WordPress

Plugin is incompatible with scaled files created by WordPress: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · Plugin is incompatible with scaled files created by WordPress Plugin is incompatible with scaled files created by WordPress. mixed Since update some get error “Please close the developer tools to continue”

Since update some get error “Please close the developer tools to continue”: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · Since update some get error “Please close the developer tools to continue” After updating to the latest version of the plugin I’ve received reports from about a half dozen people that they are receiving the following message on my blog: “Please close the developer tools to continue using this site”. complaint free version is very limited

free version is very limited: users show missing feature, pricing, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · free version is very limited The free-Version is very limited. mixed Renaming files to index.php

Renaming files to index.php: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · Renaming files to index.php I’ve just begun using PDA after joining a company who thought they were using it for a year, but the developer never actually installed it correctly. mixed Password to view files, instead of user role?

Password to view files, instead of user role?: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · It doesn’t support assigning passwords. mixed Apply permissions to multiple files

Apply permissions to multiple files: users show missing feature, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · Apply permissions to multiple files I manage a client portal with several years worth of PDFs that we would like to control the permissions of- ideally we want to make so these PDFs can only be viewed by a client who is logged in. mixed pop up on site loading

pop up on site loading: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · pop up on site loading I have an issue where I get a message about closing the developer window to continue. mixed Uncompatible with Media Library Folders plugin

Uncompatible with Media Library Folders plugin: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · Uncompatible with Media Library Folders plugin Plugin is uncompatible with Media Library Folders plugin. complaint Hoping to get this to work

Hoping to get this to work: users show pricing, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · So we then purchased their extension, Protect Pages & Posts Gold, but we haven’t been able to activate it because it won’t allow us to submit our license. complaint Ugh

Ugh: users show pricing, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · Ugh For these prices you expect a reasonable onboarding process and an intuitive interface. mixed error “Please close the developer tools to continue using this site”

error “Please close the developer tools to continue using this site”: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · error “Please close the developer tools to continue using this site” I had to disable this plugin on several sites today because it was causing this error when accessing the website “Please close the developer tools to continue using this site” I saw a post from someone else with the same issue. mixed How to allow Admins to see images putted into content

How to allow Admins to see images putted into content: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · How to allow Admins to see images putted into content If I use restricted image into page or post content, the image is not displayed (error 404), even Admin is logged in. complaint Great support

Great support: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · Great support Great support. complaint Excellent Support for a Custom Solution

Excellent Support for a Custom Solution: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · Excellent Support for a Custom Solution The team at Prevent Direct Access helped me find a custom solution that I wouldn’t have been able to complete without their help. complaint I’m completely impressed…

I’m completely impressed…: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · I’m completely impressed with their support. mixed Free version shows to be for testing purposes only.

Free version shows to be for testing purposes only.: users show pricing pain that may indicate a product gap.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · Free version shows to be for testing purposes only. mixed Great protection

The reviewer praised the file protection but reported continued billing after license expiry and no clear way to cancel recurring payment.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · There is no option to stop the payment in the dashboard mixed Prevents your WP files from Google, other search engines to snoop around

Prevents your WP files from Google, other search engines to snoop around: mixed conversation with limited structured signal.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · Prevents your WP files from Google, other search engines to snoop around Once a file is protected, only admin users and the file’s author can access them directly. Unwanted users will be redirected to your 404 not found page when attempting to read and download these file URLs. The generation of Private URLs to share does unfortunately not work properly. Thi complaint 301 Redirect

A user reports that permanent redirects for protected files can block later authorized access and asks the vendor to switch to temporary redirects.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · This meant that after an admin user logged in and tried accessing the same file they were still not able to access the file. praise Very useful plugin and great support

Very useful plugin and great support: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · Very useful plugin and great support PDA is a super useful plugin for building private sites, we had a couple of issues setting it up due to some intricacies in our setup and their support was knowledgeable and efficient in solving them. question Blocking Non-Logged In Access to File

The user needs confidential intranet PDFs blocked for non-logged-in visitors and asks why direct access still works after adding NGINX rules.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files · I am still able to access it