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Cleantalk is blokking bookings

Hi, I have cleantalk installed for preventing spam submissions, but it appears it is blocking all my booking form submissions 😭

Can anyone help?

Gee Adriaansz

This might help: Go to CleanTalk > Advanced Settings > Exclusions and add:

wp-json/fluent-booking/

This tells CleanTalk to ignore FluentBooking submissions. (This should only skip spam checks on FluentBooking’s internal REST request.)

If it still blocks, also exclude your booking page URL or disable β€œUniversal form protection” for testing.

After saving, clear your cache and try again. A similar case on the WP forums was resolved this way.

Natascha Vantuykom

Gee AdriaanszΒ tried that, but I get a validation error :-(

Jonathan Gwyer

There was a CleanTalk update - 6.65 - that may have fixed this?

Natascha Vantuykom

Jonathan GwyerΒ I have that version running... and I think the issue has started since this update

Jonathan Gwyer

Natascha VantuykomΒ intriguing - I'd better go do some testing!

Catherine Dawson

I had this issue and contacted Cleantalk - they are super helpful.

Eric Brulmans

Catherine DawsonΒ Is there a general solution for this, or is it case by case ?

Catherine Dawson

Eric BrulmansΒ My problem was due to a caching issue. I use WP Rocket and we had to tweak the settings a few times. They then did issue an update which I imagine would have sorted this for all. But it depends on why you are getting an issue of course. Raise a ticket - I'm sure they'll do their best to help resolve it.

Eric Brulmans

Catherine DawsonΒ We also use WP Rocket... Ticket raised ! We'll see... Thanks for your reply !