plugin says “Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page”

Resolved Marisa
(@marisa2023)

1 month, 1 week ago

After working perfectly for months, the plugin says “Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page” when I go to Settings and click “Update now” or “test ip detection lookup”.

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Thread Starter Marisa
(@marisa2023)

1 month, 1 week ago
The library works fine from the regular WordPress site to get location from the IP address.

But it only fails on the admin pages.

On the settings page there is a link to https://mysite.com/wp-admin/tools.php?page=geoip-detect/geoip-detect.php

This fails. It generates the “Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page.” warning.

But if I type in https://mysite.com/wp-admin/tools.php?page=geoip-detect the browser address page it works.

This probably means you changed the admin page slugs .
- This reply was modified 1 month, 1 week ago by Marisa.
Thread Starter Marisa
(@marisa2023)

1 month, 1 week ago

The fact that:
/wp-admin/tools.php?page=geoip-detect works
The “Test IP Detection Lookup” button generates /wp-admin/tools.php?page=geoip-detect/geoip-detect.php
That URL produces “Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page.”

Thread Starter Marisa
(@marisa2023)

1 month, 1 week ago

I checked the box “Maxmind GeoIP Lite City (Automatic download & update)” . This used to work and it worked for months. Now it complains it cannot overwrite the current file. This may be related to the bad slugs / urls.

Plugin Author Benjamin Pick
(@benjaminpick)

1 month ago

Yes indeed I changed the admin page slugs and did not test it thouroughly enough, sorry. It is fixed now in 5.6.4 (also the issue with the automatic download).

Thread Starter Marisa
(@marisa2023)

1 month ago

Many thanks for fixing this so quickly.

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