Hi gVectors,

I am using wpForo on my website where I publish various news and related content. Unfortunately, I have a few individuals who, over the course of several years, have systematically copied everything I publish and reposted it on their own copy-website.

These individuals have not registered as users on my website or in the forum, but I have identified their IP addresses. I would like to emphasize that I do not want to restrict the content so that it is only available to logged-in members, as this would have a significant negative impact on my website.

Of course, I could simply block the unwanted IP addresses, but that would only be a temporary solution. They would just continue using other IP addresses.

My idea is therefore to solve this challenge in a different way: by allowing me, in the wpForo admin area, to enter unwanted IP addresses and assign an optional delay to them—so that these visitors can only see forum posts after a specified time delay. Such a delay could, for example, be measured in hours or days.

Would it be possible for you to implement such a feature either directly in the forum or as an add-on?
Ideally, this functionality should apply consistently across the forum itself, forum listings, widgets, and RSS feeds.

Thank you very much in advance—and thank you especially for a great forum.

Kind regards

KFJ1972