Registed users getting blocked.

If it happens again just look at the report log to find out why they were blocked. If you can find a reason that is not “bad cache” then you can uncheck the corresponding option.

You might un-check the Speed Check. Users who use password form fill might be able to fill out the form too fast.

I will look at WP-eMemebers to see if the plugin is passing the login id and password in a way that my plugin can find it.

Keith

It is a pay plugin so I could not check the code, but I went to the demo and inspected the html login form. It appears that Stop Spammers will handle it well.

If you can’t find an option that fixes this, and the reason code in the logs is not clear, I am not sure what to do.

All I can think of is that “init” event, which is where Stop Spammers does all of its work, is being grabbed so that the emember plugin gets it first.

If this is the case then there is little that I can do. There is a line somewhere in the emember plugin that starts out add_action(‘init’… If you can find this and it has a number in the last parameter, you could try changing it to 99 and see what happens. It is not a good idea to change someone else’ code without seeing it, but this is all I can offer.

Keith

More thoughts,

When a user tries to login, Stop Spammers tries to validate the user. I emember does not use the WP validate routine, then the plugin will block the login as an invalid user.

I have an exception in the plugin that does not check spammers when the JetPack protection plugin is doing the login. I can add a similar check for emember. This means that the plugin will offer no protection when emember is doing the login.

Keith

“If you can find a reason that is not “bad cache” then you can uncheck the corresponding option.”

I have seen some legitimate users with “bad cache” but they did not contact me and I went ahead and white listed them. With only 25 entries in the log file the people that do contact are knocked out of the log file by the time I get to it. I suspect they are being blocked for “bad cache” but will keep a closer watch.

“You might un-check the Speed Check.”

I will try that.

“I have an exception in the plugin that does not check spammers when the JetPack protection plugin is doing the login. I can add a similar check for emember.”

That might be worth a try.

The odd thing is I didn’t run into this problem with version 5.9.3

Also you have a “Check All” for “Block Countries”. I think a “Uncheck All” box might be helpful.

Thanks for all you help Keith!

Art

Ok,

I need to research how to detect emembers. Since it is a pay plugin, I can’t see what they are doing.

For countries. Check the box again and it unchecks everything.

Keith

I have made the change to the plugin. It disables itself when it detects that emember is installed and a user is trying to log in.

All other functions: comments and registration, are still checked. If emember has a problem with comments or registrations I can make other changes. I found out how to check if the emember user is logged in so I can bypass the plugin completely when the user is logged into ememeber, even though they are not logged into wordpress.

Please download and install the beta test version at blogseye.com to see if it helps.

I am delaying the release of the plugin for a day or two, but if I don’t hear from you the check stays in the plugin.

Keith

Hi Keith, just installed the beta so I will see how it goes.

Thanks so much!

Art

Hi Keith,

Just got this from a subscriber trying to register.

“Hey Art, went through again, filled out the fields + hit register. The
page times out after hitting the reg button, and I get a page that
says:

This webpage has a redirect loop”

Hey Keith, looks like the last comment I made is a false alarm for you as this person is having the same problem no matter what version of the plugin I use. He’s got other issues unrelated to your plugin.

Sorry for the false alarm.

Tell the person to clear their browser cache. Sometimes the redirects are cached and the browser remembers even after a redirect is gone. They might need to close all browser sessions or reboot the computer if she is using IE.

Keith

Thanks Keith, will do.