The user agent setting is part of the expert settings which means: If you know, what to do here, feel free to do so 😉 … otherwise just keep the default setting (PHP default).
You only have to define a specific user agent, if this is required by your firewall or .htaccess settings (-> restrict access to Piwik by user agent). Usually the PHP default user agent works fine (even if it’s empty).
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monk3
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That doesn’t tell me a thing except that your comment is condescending, dismissive, and quite rude: ie, “If you know what to do here, feel free to do so ;-)”.
Well, yes I do know what to do if the author would put enough ques as to provide the context for the field; which it could be more than one. Granted, you know what your intent was when you wrote it; however, viewed from the other side, the user side, we cannot read your mind, and there is more than one possibility as to what your intent was.
So please, when asked a question, please provide answers that not brief, but actually offer better understanding and accuracy. Then again, we don’t have to send you money, which we do for nearly 100% of the themes, plugins and research we utilize. Then again, for those authors who blow us off by assuming we are illiterate, we offer less, like nadda. So take your choice: help people out and get paid, or be an arrogant ass.
Expert settings are meant to do some very specific changes. If you don’t have to set a specific user agent, you can just ignore this setting.
What the setting is intended for, I explained already:
You only have to define a specific user agent, if this is required by your firewall or .htaccess settings (-> restrict access to Piwik by user agent). Usually the PHP default user agent works fine (even if it’s empty).
And you misunderstood something: I write this plugin as a hobby project in my free time, beside my family, my work, and my other hobbies. I don’t write WP-Piwik to get anybody’s money and at least I don’t want to get money from people how tell me “help people out and get paid, or be an arrogant ass”.
If you want a better documentation for WP-Piwik, feel free to contribute in this project and write a documentation. I won’t be an ass and would be happy to add it to the project.
