Jonas Grumby

I see that my own IP address is marked as blacklisted on both the front end and the back end. If I remove it and log out I can’t log in again. If I disable the plugin via FTP and log in, then reactivate the plugin I see that my IP address is blacklisted again. What could be causing this? Thanks.

It happens when I try to set the blocking on both the front end and the back end. I’m trying to block all countries except the US.

Thanks for the reply. I cleared the cache and deleted the plugin. Your plugin still isn’t working, so that’s not the problem. I have it set to block all countries except the US. I’m in the US and it’s blocking me. What could be the cause?

p.s. We were using the W3 Total Cache plugin but I cleared the cache and deleted it. IDK if there is anything else I can do regarding that. I currently have it set to only block the back end. If I need to get into the back end I have to disable it via FTP.

• This reply was modified 2 months, 1 week ago by Jonas Grumby.

Thanks. I didn’t know that the new URL would show. Removing the link fixed the problem, and it was easy to do.

I did. At first I only had your plugin. I added the second one today after having the problem with yours.

I think that removing the admin link from the sidebar will essentially solve the problem because the standard admin link doesn’t work with your plugin activated, and they would have no way to guess what the new login URL is. The main problem with your plugin was that it made the admin link in the sidebar show the new URL, which defeats the purpose.

https://vincentnastafoundation.org/

I edited the sidebar menu so the admin link isn’t on there anymore.

Today I added a country blocker plugin (ip2location country blocker) because we have been getting a lot of hacking attempts. Right now I have the admin blocked for all countries except the US. I’m in the US and it’s blocking me, so that’s another problem. I posted about that as well. It’s actually ok if all countries are blocked because I can deactivate the plugin via FTP. I just really need to stop the hacking attempts.

Thank you

• This reply was modified 2 months, 1 week ago by Jonas Grumby.

I also see that the plugin site for WordPress Firewall 2 brings up a 404 error so I assume that it’s no longer being supported and will replace it.

Thanks. WordPress Firewall 2 was causing it on one site. Wordfence Security on the other one.

Thanks Steven. These are old sites. I don’t maintain websites for a living anymore. I used to be very active in the WordPress community.

Ok. On the other site I also had to get rid of the Like plugin by Bottomless and the Sociable plugin from Blogplay. All fixed now. Thanks.

Ok. Deleting Statpress SEOlution from both sites fixed one of them. The other one is not showing the error message anymore but still has a problem. I will keep at it.

Ok thanks. I’ll try disabling plugins when I get home from work about 15 hours from now.

I can’t help because it is not a free theme and I don’t own a copy of it. Your best bet is to ask in their forum at https://themeforest.net/category/forums or contact their tech support if they offer that.

As Tom Petty once said “You can believe what you want to believe, but you don’t have to live like a refugee.” You also don’t have to be rude to someone who is trying to help you.