Plugin / Proxy & VPN Blocker

RickstermUK
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Proxycheck.io is a simple, accurate and reliable API for the detection and blocking of people using Proxies, Tor & VPN servers.
Although this plugin has an option to block Proxies & VPN’s on all pages, this option is not generally recommended due to significantly higher query usage, but was added on user request. It is important to note that if you are using a WordPress caching plugin (eg WP Super Cache, WP Rocket, W3 Total Cache and many others), these will prevent the Proxy or VPN from being blocked if you are using ‘Block on all pages’ as the caching plugin will likely serve the visitor a static cached version of your website pages. As the cached pages are served by the caching plugin in static HTML, the code for proxy detection will not run on these cached pages. This won’t affect the normal protections this plugin provides for Log-in, Registration and commenting.
Anti Click-Bombing is a rudimentary form of preventing clicking of ads while on a Proxy or VPN, the specific Div class you can use to hide these is ‘pvb-protect-div’. This will not work if a page caching plugin is used, just as Block on All Pages cannot.
The fix is simple, upload a .txt file called disablepvb.txt to your wordpress root directory, PVB looks for this file when the proxy and VPN checks are made, if the file exists it will prevent the plugin from contacting the proxycheck.io API. You will now be able to log in and remove your country in the PVB Settings. Remember: If you ever have to do this, delete the disablepvb.txt file after you are done! If you don’t remove it, the plugin wont be protecting your site.

Ratings

4.6
9 reviews

Rating breakdown

Details Information

Version

1.5.3

First Released

26 Apr, 2009

Total Downloads

8,709

Wordpress Version

4.7 or higher

Tested up to:

5.3

Require PHP Version:

5.6 or higher

Tags

proxy security vpn

Contributors

rickstermuk

Languages

The plugin hasn't been transalated in any language other than English.

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