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phpBB Discussion • Re: Dealing with bot traffic
Looks like some of the suggestions from earlier regarding editing the functions.php file to modify append_id() can be achieved via an extension instead via the core.append_sid event.I have a working...
View ArticlephpBB Discussion • Re: anti-bot operations
a - basic phpBB security settings for bot resilienceAll non-registered users (Guests) are severely restricted as to which parts of the forum they have any access to. 99% of content is restricted to...
View ArticlephpBB Discussion • Re: Why does phpBB expose user IPs in email headers?
@JLA, thank you, I really appreciate your effort!@thecoalman, X-AntiAbuse headers will expose your IP if you perform an action as a board admin that triggers email notification - e.g. when you force...
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phpBB Discussion • anti-bot operations
I guess like most of you my phpBB forum is the focus of attacks from all types of bots. Over the past 12 months or so I have built up layers of defense and recently, when we were the target of a large...
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phpBB Discussion • v3.3.19 is crushing the last bit of unwarranted guests...
I have to add that already, after only several days of use, the forum's administration and monitoring feels almost unnecessary.RE: 3.3.18: Furthermore, we have improved guest session handling by...
View ArticlephpBB Discussion • Re: The future of prosilver (phpBB 4)
Try this one: https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/exte ... tal_forum/Statistics: Posted by Last Man Standing — Tue Sep 29, 2026 5:33 pm
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phpBB Discussion • Re: Download counter
3rd day with no answer? Statistics: Posted by deepndark — Tue Sep 29, 2026 10:37 am
View ArticlephpBB Discussion • Re: Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Advanced update from 3.3.1x to 3.3.1x went quickly...This time it was 3.3.17 to 3.3.19.Nothing different in using the Advanced Update method. As usual, most of the time used was backing up the files...
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phpBB Discussion • Re: Bbcode font size
Sneaky. I hadn't thought of that one. Unlike a lot of these tricks, this one is still perfectly accessible too. It works with keyboard navigation, and should be fine with screen readers. I think I'll...
View ArticlephpBB Discussion • Re: Discuss: phpBB 3.3.18 & phpBB 3.3.19 Release
It completely depends what you want on your own board. There is no good or bad answer on that.Statistics: Posted by Paul — Fri Sep 25, 2026 9:54 am
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phpBB Discussion • Re: Discuss: phpBB 3.3.18 Release
No issues with the update, it went smoothly Statistics: Posted by jonasj — Thu Sep 24, 2026 8:54 am
View ArticlephpBB Discussion • Re: phpBB.com Website Feedback
hello, phpbb.com is very slow in loading after the new cloudflare turnstile in the last couple of days. is there a backend issue ?Statistics: Posted by Sajaki — Wed Sep 23, 2026 7:04 am
View ArticlephpBB Discussion • Re: Blocked by Cloudflare
We got hit hit fairly hard with a bot attack unfortunately, so we blocked fairly hard for a bit. Refreshing might help, but unfortunately we need to keep the block until the attack is over.Statistics:...
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phpBB Discussion • Re: The future of prosilver (phpBB 4)
To transform the forums, they'd need to be made into something more substantial (a home page, like a magazine page, with images for content), topic layouts like articles with styling, and comments...
View ArticlephpBB Discussion • Re: 404's From Bingbot
None here. It's all 200's and 301's and it looks like all requests for viewtopic. The exception is one 403 (not 404) requestingCode: /viewtopic.php?t=15033&view=printStatistics: Posted by CarolC1...
View ArticlephpBB Discussion • Re: Why does phpBB expose user IPs in email headers?
It should be an easy fix to remove that information depending on your host.Statistics: Posted by JLA — Wed Sep 16, 2026 5:55 pm
View ArticlephpBB Discussion • Why does phpBB expose user IPs in email headers?
I was doing some email testing today and noticed that phpBB adds these headers to outgoing emails:X-AntiAbuse: Username - ...X-AntiAbuse: User IP - ...This means the recipient can see the username and...
View ArticlephpBB Discussion • 404's From Bingbot
I'm curious if anyone else is seeing this issue. Bingbot is making numerous requests for phpbb_root/xyz.jpg which results in 404 in access logs as it should. xyz.jpg is legitimate filenames served...
View ArticlephpBB Discussion • Re: CAPTCHA accessibility in phpBB: when anti-bot...
Sortable Captchas is an extension, while it's used here on phpbb.com it's not part of core phpBB. I'll bring your concerns up with other staff. In the meantime you can post your concerns about it in...
View ArticlephpBB Discussion • CAPTCHA accessibility in phpBB: when anti-bot protection...
Hi everyone,I would like to start a discussion about something that I think deserves more attention in the phpBB ecosystem: the accessibility of CAPTCHA and anti-bot systems.I am blind and use...
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