Title: Server is Blocking Me!
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Server is Blocking Me!

 *  Resolved [lydlife](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrhocs/)
 * (@mrhocs)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-is-blocking-me/)
 * Hello –
 * First off, I love what you’ve created. It’s simple and effective. However, I 
   have been getting blocked from all my servers (mod_security). I requested the
   host provide me with the rule triggered and it is a result of this plugin. Bizarre,
   right?
 * This is what is triggering my server to block me: GET /wp-content/plugins/column-
   shortcodes/assets/js/jquery.cookie.js HTTP/1.1
 * Question though, why is a cookie necessary with this plugin? Can this be removed
   so I can continue using this plugin or is my only option to trash this?
 * Thank you!
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/column-shortcodes/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/column-shortcodes/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Schutter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tschutter/)
 * (@tschutter)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-is-blocking-me/#post-3803273)
 * Thanks for reporting it.
 * I looked it up and indeed in some cases the cookie.js gets rejected by mod_security.
 * The cookie is used to store the padding values. That way you will not need to
   re-enter the same padding values when you are selecting a new column shortcode.
 * I have beta version ready here with a fix:
    [https://github.com/codepress/column-shortcodes/archive/master.zip](https://github.com/codepress/column-shortcodes/archive/master.zip)
 * Please try it out, and let me know if it works for you.

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 * [mod_security](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/mod_security/)

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 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Tobias Schutter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tschutter/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-is-blocking-me/#post-3803273)
 * Status: resolved