Title: [Plugin: Secure Invites] Plugin generates false 500 errors
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Secure Invites] Plugin generates false 500 errors

 *  Resolved [Nyhm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nyhm/)
 * (@nyhm)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-secure-invites-plugin-generates-false-500-errors/)
 * I like your Secure Invites plugin, but the “registration security” behavior could
   be improved. When registration is denied, you call `wp_die()` to stop the processing.
   This (by default) issues an HTTP 500 Internal Server Error. Anyone monitoring
   logs will get false-positives that something is broken.
 * This is not an error condition, but a policy decision. At least, use the optional`
   wp_die()` response argument to signal a non-error code (maybe 403 Forbidden).
 * In addition, consider including the backlink argument to allow users to browse
   back to the site homepage.
 * Also, I’d really like to be able to style the failure page, but this is difficult
   with the current approach.
 * Thanks for this nice plugin.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-mu-secure-invites/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-mu-secure-invites/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Chris Taylor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrwiblog/)
 * (@mrwiblog)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-secure-invites-plugin-generates-false-500-errors/#post-2289937)
 * Thanks for these suggestions. I’ve just released a version which responds with
   a 403 code if the user cannot sign up, and the back link is now there.
 * A future version of the plugin may allow you to style the failure page, but I
   can’t say if or when that will happen.
 *  Thread Starter [Nyhm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nyhm/)
 * (@nyhm)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-secure-invites-plugin-generates-false-500-errors/#post-2289948)
 * Thanks for your responsiveness to this. I think 403 will be much “friendlier.”

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 * Last reply from: [Nyhm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nyhm/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-secure-invites-plugin-generates-false-500-errors/#post-2289948)
 * Status: resolved