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First off, while I am still on wpForo 1.x, I reproduced the problem on wpForo 2.x, so this issue affects everyone.
I am testing wpForo on mobile devices. When I either try to post something (wpForo 1.x) or just even try to log in (wpForo 2.x) I get
Error 2253 | Please contact the forum administrator.
I read the other topics about errors 2252 and 2253.
Most likely, the reason I am getting this error is because the testing software I use lets me connect the mobile devices to my localhost via a local IP address.
So, for example, if my locahost site is http://wpforotest.local , the mobile device will access that through an IP address such as http://192.168.1.20:4000 .
It looks like the other posts point to the discrepancy between localhost URL and mobile device URL as the likely culprit.
Question: is there a way to temporarily disable this behaviour or get round this error, so that the testing on mobile devices can be performed?
Hi @fawp,
For wpForo 1.x, you can use this instruction to disable it:
https://wpforo.com/community/postid/15419/
For wpForo 2.0, you should do the following changes:
1. Open /wp-content/plugins/wpforo/includes/functions.php file.
2. Find this script:
if( in_array( $mode, [ 'ajax', 'full', 'ref' ] ) ) {
if( ! wpfval( $_SERVER, 'HTTP_REFERER' ) ) {
exit( 'Error 2252 | Please contact the forum administrator.' );
}
if( wpforo_is_url_external( $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] ) ) {
exit( 'Error 2253 | Please contact the forum administrator.' );
}
}
3. Replace to this:
if( in_array( $mode, [ 'ajax', 'full', 'ref' ] ) ) {
if( ! wpfval( $_SERVER, 'HTTP_REFERER' ) ) {
//exit( 'Error 2252 | Please contact the forum administrator.' );
}
if( wpforo_is_url_external( $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] ) ) {
//exit( 'Error 2253 | Please contact the forum administrator.' );
}
}
