Blocklist rules break sites with redirect and 500 errors
Saving blocklist rules to .htaccess causes redirect loops, 403 errors and 500 errors that lock site owners out of their sites.
7 public reports · first reported 4 December 2015 · last reported 7 June 2022
What's going wrong
Site owners who install this referrer blocking plugin sometimes find their sites broken right after saving blocklist changes. The plugin rewrites the .htaccess file, and the result is redirect loops, 403 forbidden pages, or 500 internal server errors. Several reporters could not reach their dashboards and had to edit the server file by hand or restore a backup to recover. The opportunity is a safe way to apply and roll back server rule changes, with a check that the site still loads before the change goes live.
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Products affected
Block Referer Spam.
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Who has this problem
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