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wp-ban

WP-Ban

Ban users by IP, IP Range, host name, user agent and referrer url from visiting your WordPress's blog.

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Download Momentum

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503 437 15.1% 2.8K

Related Opportunities

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Source Evidence

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complaint support · high severity · relevance 1.0
update the version of the plugin (plugin does not work with version 4.5 of WP)

update the version of the plugin (plugin does not work with version 4.5 of WP): users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

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update the version of the plugin (plugin does not work with version 4.5 of WP) the plugin does not work with the current version of wordpress 4.5 IP blocked, do not work blocked hostnames, does not work the user agent blocked, do not work generally all does not work Please repair the problem because I is bringing too many problems, server overload with too m
complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.98
I'm banned…please help..Can't access my website,

I'm banned…please help..Can't access my website,: users show security, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

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I'm banned…please help..Can't access my website, Hi, please help me.
mixed support · high severity · relevance 0.95
Cannot redeclare get_language_attributes()

Cannot redeclare get_language_attributes(): users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_language_attributes() (previously declared in /home/lesailesf/www/wp-includes/general-template.php:2624) in /home/lesailesf/www/wp-content/plugins/wp-ban/wp-ban.php on line 249 For a moment I was frightened !
mixed support · high severity · relevance 0.95
latest version of wp-ban breaks after 4.3 update

latest version of wp-ban breaks after 4.3 update: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

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removing wp-ban from wp-content/plugins brought the site right back up with no issues… https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-ban/ Tried it on two different sites on two different webhosts, the 4.3 update gets me a WSOD immediately after the upgrade.
mixed support · high severity · relevance 0.94
Cannot ban specific spam connent from SeoOptimizedRankings.com

Cannot ban specific spam connent from SeoOptimizedRankings.com: users show security, bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Cannot ban specific spam connent from SeoOptimizedRankings.com For some reason for the last couple of months this site SeoOptimizedRankings.com is spamming me and I cannot ban it.
complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.91
Still getting fatal error on install

Still getting fatal error on install: users show bugs, compatibility, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Still getting fatal error on install I know it is said that this is corrected in v1.66, but not for me.
complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.91
Google results suddenly say ‘You Are Banned”

Google results suddenly say ‘You Are Banned”: users show security, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Google results suddenly say ‘You Are Banned” Hello, We have been using wp-ban to block bad referrer spam etc.
complaint review · high severity · relevance 0.85
Broke my site

Broke my site: users show bugs, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

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I won’t reinstall.
mixed support · high severity · relevance 0.83
WP-Ban not working anymore

WP-Ban not working anymore: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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WP-Ban not working anymore I’m getting this message: Fatal error: Call to undefined function get_language_attributes() in /public/sites/www.edgb.nl/wp-content/plugins/wp-ban/wp-ban.php on line 287 https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-ban/ I’m getting this message: Fatal error: Call to undefined function get_language_attributes() in /public/sites/www.edgb.nl/wp-c
complaint review · high severity · relevance 0.79
Fatal Error

Fatal Error: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Fatal Error Getting the fatal error Getting the fatal error

Competitor Context

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Banhammer – Monitor Site Traffic, Block Bad Users and Bots praise owner · intel 46.3 · weakness 22.4
praise owner
1 collected complaint signal(s) compatibility support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
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Collected Signals

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complaint LiteSpeed cache compatibility support · 2023-11-23T15:56:14+00:00 · medium severity · permission

LiteSpeed cache compatibility: users show compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: LiteSpeed cache compatibility Hi.
compatibility performance cache access control and account operations Evidence only
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complaint Can’t get it to do anything (1 star) review · 2020-10-03T13:33:02+00:00 · medium severity · permission

Can’t get it to do anything: complaint conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: Can’t get it to do anything Probably one of those ban plugins that don’t work if you do not have the exact default wordpress login.
login access control and account operations Evidence only
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complaint Block Referral support · 2020-06-05T05:10:29+00:00 · medium severity · permission

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

Evidence: Block Referral hello i trying to block Referral from analytics is the bottraffic.club can you help me please i add Banned Referers: but still it shows traffic.
support analytics access control and account operations Evidence only
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complaint Please Add these features if you can. support · 2020-04-28T22:57:26+00:00 · medium severity · permission

Please Add these features if you can.: users show missing feature, migration pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Please Add these features if you can.
missing feature migration value access control and account operations Evidence only
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praise nice tool (5 stars) review · 2020-04-20T07:17:44+00:00 · medium severity · permission

nice tool: praise conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: nice tool I have been searching for a tool to get rid of robot users and their advertising comments at my site’s comment section. This extension worked. It successfully blocked 48 entry from 8 different ip adress within one day. Thanks for providing it I have been searching for a tool to get rid of robot users and their advertising comments at my site’s comm
access control and account operations Evidence only
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complaint Google results suddenly say ‘You Are Banned” support · 2018-04-04T20:39:42+00:00 · high severity · permission

Google results suddenly say ‘You Are Banned”: users show security, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Google results suddenly say ‘You Are Banned” Hello, We have been using wp-ban to block bad referrer spam etc.
security missing feature support value access control and account operations Evidence only
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mixed screen_icon/get_screen_icon are deprecated since WP 3.8.0 support · 2018-03-05T19:08:30+00:00 · low severity · permission

screen_icon/get_screen_icon are deprecated since WP 3.8.0: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: In the mean time, you can just edit https://github.com/lesterchan/wp-ban/commit/a3d5e8734917a10cdbdfa03e92fb9b6e97935b9e on your wp-ban.php In my file wp-ban.php word “icon” doesn’t exist.
compatibility missing feature support value access control and account operations Evidence only
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mixed Could it support regex or only wildcards? support · 2017-12-04T04:53:25+00:00 · low severity · permission

Could it support regex or only wildcards?: users show missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Could it support regex or only wildcards?
missing feature support access control and account operations Evidence only
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complaint banned self support · 2017-08-29T18:58:00+00:00 · medium severity · permission

banned self: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Please help.
compatibility missing feature support access control and account operations Evidence only
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mixed Limits on IP’s ban section support · 2017-06-16T10:39:55+00:00 · medium severity · permission

Limits on IP’s ban section: users show performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Of course the more IPs you add, the processing time will be slower.
performance value access control and account operations Evidence only
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neutral I accidentally banned my IP. How to unban it? support · 2017-05-26T10:33:46+00:00 · low severity · permission

I accidentally banned my IP. How to unban it?: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Could you help me please??
compatibility missing feature support access control and account operations Evidence only
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question Exclude sub domain from rules support · 2017-05-22T21:46:34+00:00 · medium severity · permission

Exclude sub domain from rules: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Exclude sub domain from rules Hi, Is it possible to exclude a sub domain from these ban rules ?
missing feature access control and account operations Evidence only
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complaint i’m banned from my own site ?? support · 2017-02-15T13:04:24+00:00 · medium severity · permission

i’m banned from my own site ??: users show support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: please need help with your plugin !!
support setup value access control and account operations Evidence only
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praise It works! (5 stars) review · 2017-01-30T13:40:00+00:00 · medium severity · permission

It works!: users praise reliable, quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: It works!
reliable quality access control and account operations Evidence only
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complaint Doesn’t work, for whatever reason (1 star) review · 2016-12-13T10:09:55+00:00 · medium severity · permission

Doesn’t work, for whatever reason: complaint conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: Doesn’t work, for whatever reason For whatever reasons, I cannot get this plugin to work. I’ve tried banning both an entire IP range, as well as each IP within that range and I am still receiving visitor reports stating that my site is receiving visitors from that range. For whatever reasons, I cannot get this plugin to work. I’ve tried banning both an entir
access control and account operations Evidence only
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neutral Notice: Undefined index: line 78 support · 2016-09-10T15:11:27+00:00 · medium severity · permission

Notice: Undefined index: line 78: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Notice: Undefined index: line 78 When banned viewer visited my site showing this error to banned visitor Notice: Undefined index: 113.**.**.*** in /home/buyacsgo/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wp-ban/wp-ban.php on line 78 When banned viewer visited my site showing this error to banned visitor Notice: Undefined index: 113.**.**.*** in /home/buyacsgo/public_ht
bugs compatibility access control and account operations Evidence only
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neutral Showing this errors when I'm adding or removing IP from ban list support · 2016-08-23T21:02:23+00:00 · medium severity · permission

Showing this errors when I'm adding or removing IP from ban list: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Showing this errors when I'm adding or removing IP from ban list Notice: Undefined variable: banned_ips in /home/buyacsgo/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wp-ban/ban-options.php on line 92 Notice: Undefined variable: banned_ips_range in /home/buyacsgo/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wp-ban/ban-options.php on line 93 Notice: Undefined variable: banned_hosts in /
bugs compatibility missing feature access control and account operations Evidence only
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complaint I'm banned…please help..Can't access my website, support · 2016-05-10T15:33:02+00:00 · high severity · permission

I'm banned…please help..Can't access my website,: users show security, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I'm banned…please help..Can't access my website, Hi, please help me.
security compatibility missing feature support access control and account operations Evidence only
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complaint update the version of the plugin (plugin does not work with version 4.5 of WP) support · 2016-04-20T07:36:08+00:00 · high severity · permission

update the version of the plugin (plugin does not work with version 4.5 of WP): users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: update the version of the plugin (plugin does not work with version 4.5 of WP) the plugin does not work with the current version of wordpress 4.5 IP blocked, do not work blocked hostnames, does not work the user agent blocked, do not work generally all does not work Please repair the problem because I is bringing too many problems, server overload with too m
security bugs compatibility support access control and account operations Evidence only
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neutral Everyone using www is banned support · 2016-02-15T02:07:17+00:00 · low severity · permission

Everyone using www is banned: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-ban/ The plugin stored the banned information in banned_* rows in wp_options table in your DB.
missing feature form access control and account operations Evidence only
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