Does WF Block before WP Init

  • Resolved fizirizi

    (@fizirizi)


    2 years, 1 month ago

    I was just wondering when the blocking happens.

    I created a plugin for ab testing, and it runs as soon as page loads i want to remove bots, so that my test does not run and register them as user. So i need to know does WF block before wp_init or is there a GLOBAL variable like USER_BOT (true or false).

    • This topic was modified 2 years, 1 month ago by fizirizi.
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  • Plugin Support wfpeter

    (@wfpeter)

    Hi @fizirizi, thanks for your question.

    If the WAF is optimized, blocks occur before WordPress runs and therefore no information is passed on about whether we suspect that user to be a bot or human.

    Regarding the bot/human question in general, it’s becoming ever harder to guarantee a visit is from one or the other although we do try in Live Traffic based on their behavior before a request was made. The intent is now more important to the Wordfence plugin when making a decision on blocking.

    Thanks,
    Peter.

    Thread Starter fizirizi

    (@fizirizi)

    Thanks for the fast reply.

    Just to make sure the following function wont run?

    add_action(‘wp’, ‘some_function’);

    Plugin Support wfpeter

    (@wfpeter)

    add_action() can’t be run based on a Wordfence function that currently believes the user to be bot or human, but you can run the function itself after init() as part of your plugin as others do.

    Peter.

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