Upgrade banners reappear after dismissal
Upgrade-to-pro banners and ads keep reappearing on admin pages even after site owners dismiss them.
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
10 public reports · first reported 19 September 2019 · last reported 21 August 2025
What's going wrong
Site owners of this security plugin report that promotional banners pushing the paid upgrade show up on admin pages, sometimes on every page of every site. They return even after being dismissed or closed, and one owner describes a banner that cannot be dismissed at all. Owners say the nagging makes the free version feel like a trial. The complaint is about persistent upsell prompts that ignore user choices, which leaves room for a tool that lets owners control upsell notices across many sites from one place.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports.
Products affected
WP fail2ban – Advanced Security.
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Who has this problem
2 businesses found.
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