Cannot publish Aweber form unless superadmin

  • The following domain is the primary on a wordpress multisite:
    https://thankyoubusiness.net

    It seems any user on this network cannot publish an opt in form from Aweber unless they’re superadmin. Even administrators cannot do it.

    When you paste the code into a text widget or anywhere else, as soon as you click “save”, the code from Aweber disappears. If you’re logged in as superadmin, it works fine.

    This happens on all sites in the network. It happens regardless of what theme is being used, and it happens even with all plugins disabled.

    I’m aware I’m not running the latest version of wordpress, but it seems like publishing an email opt in form from Aweber is NOT a new feature for WordPress. It’s pretty much as basic as it gets. All other widgets and functionality seems to work fine. The problem seems isolated to just code from Aweber.

    Has anyone else experienced this? Any insight is much appreciated!

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  • Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    What’s the code look like? Is it all shortcodes or is it <script...> stuff?

    Thread Starter rxcknrxll

    (@rxcknrxll)

    It’s a very short js script.

    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://example.com/example.js"></script>

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    Yeah, so that’s why ??

    Only the superadmin can paste in code like that. It’s for security. You’re not supposed to put scripts like that in a post content!

    Thread Starter rxcknrxll

    (@rxcknrxll)

    Should the html version be ok?

    Thread Starter rxcknrxll

    (@rxcknrxll)

    As in, Aweber makes the js version of their form available, because it’s much shorter. But the long html version is available also. Perhaps that would work?

    Thread Starter rxcknrxll

    (@rxcknrxll)

    OK, I went in and tested the HTML version also, and that doesn’t work either.

    I chatted with Aweber support, and they sent me back here.

    I understand this is a security feature. Is there a workaround to this? I don’t want users to be able to post crazy embed codes or malicious scripts for obvious reasons, so I agree with the security. I would like people to be able to post opt in forms though. Even the HTML version is getting blocked.

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    Aweber should know that ONLY a SuperAdmin can insert html like that in a post content.

    But

    1) You’re not supposed to put it in the post content!

    2) Make a shortcode if you have to.

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