Topic: Make wp-ban compatible with the Supercache plugin ?

[sabin]

Hello,

At the present time, I had to deactivate the wp-ban plugin, because, while my traffic growth forced me to resort to using the wp-supercache plugin, it proved to be partially incompatible with wp-ban.

More precisely : with the two plugins active at the same time, random users will be shown the ban page on random occasions. Quite often, it seems. Not respecting the wp-ban rules.
It seems the ban rules (by IP, hostname etc...) are not respected anymore, the cached ban page being shown randomly, no matter the IP or hostname of the visitors.

Both these plugins are really, really useful, and in my case, really, really needed, so do you think, Gamerz, there is a possibility you could find a way to make these two plugins capable of working together ? Or would you know what wp-supercache setting to update to make it compatible ?

I know that supercache is the culprit, and it is not your plugin, however I received no reply from the supercache plugin writer, so I'm asking you just in case.
I have read somewhere you can take custom developments in exchange of money, I still have roughly 50$ left on my paypal account, if that can convince you to magically produce a supercache compatible wp-ban plugin, Gamerz, they're yours

Best regards,
Sabin

[GaMerZ]

Hi Sabin,

 I don't think WP-Ban will work with SuperCache. If order for things to be dyamic to work with SuperCache, it has to be in Javascript and AJAX. Unfortunately, WP-Ban could not be done using that as it is banned before the pages gets loaded.

Perhaps you can ban them using the htaccess method http://www.marcofolio.net/how_to/ban_users_from_your_website_using_.htaccess_file.html

[bart]

I don't think WP-Ban will work with SuperCache.

The newest version of SuperCache recognizes a constant called DONOTCACHEPAGE, which prohibits the plugin from, well, caching the page. So maybe there's a chance?

[GaMerZ]

For WP-Ban to work, all the pages need to be dynamic and hence it makes no difference whether you are using WP-SuperCache or not. As long as there is a static page, there is no way to block users from visiting the website. Unless you are blocking at server level using htaccess.