403 Error

Made improvements in 1.4.2. Should be fixed.

Also, do you use any security plugins?

@clintlalonde: Thanks for your feedback regarding the dropdown box.

If you use a security mechanism, such as a security plugin or an application firewall, please configure it in a way so that it does not block the URL that is generated by the CC Partner Interface (the ‘proceed’ hyperlink).

I’d suggest checking the security logs for any rules that are triggered, then customize the rules accordingly.

There is nothing I can fix in the plugin code.

Thanks for your feedback. I’m marking this topic as resolved.

Thanks George. Just in case anyone else stumbles upon this post, I did disable Wordfence, but that still triggered the 403 error.

I installed Wordfence in a test blog, set security level to 4 (lockdown) and I was still able to use Creative-Commons-Configurator without issues (activate, deactivate, select license).

If you have access to any log files, the messages recorded there would be useful.

Setting the License Manually

1. Paste the following code at the end of the bccl-settings.php file:

function bccl_manual_license_settings() {

    $cc_settings = get_option('cc_settings');
    if ( empty($cc_settings) ) {
        $cc_settings = bccl_get_default_options();
    }

    // Set manual licnese settings.
    // EDIT BEGIN
    $cc_settings['license_url'] = 'http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/';    // URL to license page. Eg: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    $cc_settings['deed_url'] = 'http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/';   // Usually the same as license_url
    $cc_settings['license_name'] = 'Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License';  // The name of the license
    $cc_settings['license_button'] = 'http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png'; // URL to license image. Eg: http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png
    // EDIT END

    delete_option('cc_settings');
    update_option('cc_settings', $cc_settings);
    bccl_show_info_msg(__('CC-Configurator license has been manually set.', 'cc-configurator'));
}
// Uncomment the following line and visit the License Settings page (Settings->License) to auto set the license. The COMMENT the following line AGAIN.
//add_action( 'admin_init', 'bccl_manual_license_settings', 999999 );

2. Edit the license settings between the EDIT BEGIN and EDIT END marks. Find the license details by using the license chooser on the CC web site.

3. Uncomment (remove //) the last line of the code (add_action statement), so that it becomes:

add_action( 'admin_init', 'bccl_manual_license_settings', 999999 );

4. Visit the license settings page in the WordPress admin panel (Settings -> License). The license should have been set automatically.

5. Now comment (add //) the last line of the code, so that it becomes:

//add_action( 'admin_init', 'bccl_manual_license_settings', 999999 );

Continue using the plugin normally.