Title: [Plugin: Better WP Security] Filter suspicious query strings breaks analytics
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Better WP Security] Filter suspicious query strings breaks analytics

 *  [stickypt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stickypt/)
 * (@stickypt)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-better-wp-security-filter-suspicious-query-strings-breaks-analytics/)
 * Hi there,
 * Just to inform that the “Filter suspicious query strings” feature breaks google
   analytics utm url leading to a 403 error. You should skip these or similar.
 * Source: Google Analytics Direct URL Tags
    Example: [http://www.example.com/?utm_source=phplist&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=](http://www.example.com/?utm_source=phplist&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=)(…)
 * Regards.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/better-wp-security/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/better-wp-security/)

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 *  [mrose17](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrose17/)
 * (@mrose17)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-better-wp-security-filter-suspicious-query-strings-breaks-analytics/#post-2528419)
 * briefly, it does not allow the query string to contain a ‘=’, which is, regrettably
   a non-sequitor since query string is supposed to be a series of key/value pairs…
 * [and i blamed suffusion!](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/suffusion-396-search-fails-if-you-arent-logged-in?replies=4)
   initially…

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