Comments on: “Sorry, you need to enable sending referrers, for this feature to work.” error when trying to activate plugins in WordPress http://www.emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm Blogging tips and tricks, theme and plugin info, blogging software reviews, and more Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:27:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Curt http://www.emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1595 Curt Tue, 14 Mar 2006 19:49:26 +0000 http://emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm#comment-1595 I've worked with Blogger and Blogware but now my nightmare journal through WordPress has begun. I 'enabled referrers' according to the WP instructions for both IE and FF. No go. I shut off the ad block and personal firewall on my Norton. No go. I can make a post no problem but I CAN'T ADD A LINK. WTF? Any help would really be appreciated. I’ve worked with Blogger and Blogware but now my nightmare journal through WordPress has begun. I ‘enabled referrers’ according to the WP instructions for both IE and FF. No go. I shut off the ad block and personal firewall on my Norton. No go. I can make a post no problem but I CAN’T ADD A LINK. WTF? Any help would really be appreciated.

]]> By: Emily from How to Blog http://www.emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1545 Emily from How to Blog Mon, 06 Mar 2006 21:05:35 +0000 http://emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm#comment-1545 you are all most welcome -- I'm glad that I was able to help! When I first got this error message I almost pulled my hair out trying to figure out what the problem was, and really couldn't find any information on the Internet -- trial and error found the solution. Happy to share! you are all most welcome — I’m glad that I was able to help! When I first got this error message I almost pulled my hair out trying to figure out what the problem was, and really couldn’t find any information on the Internet — trial and error found the solution. Happy to share!

]]> By: Laura http://www.emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1544 Laura Mon, 06 Mar 2006 19:01:46 +0000 http://emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm#comment-1544 Thank you SO much. I couldn't find any answers at WordPress and you solved my problem in 2 seconds. Thank you SO much. I couldn’t find any answers at WordPress and you solved my problem in 2 seconds.

]]> By: Elza http://www.emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1424 Elza Thu, 09 Feb 2006 11:17:08 +0000 http://emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm#comment-1424 I enjoy your site very much! THANK YOU I enjoy your site very much! THANK YOU

]]> By: Heintz http://www.emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1035 Heintz Wed, 04 Jan 2006 18:29:33 +0000 http://emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm#comment-1035 There are two kind of people I sincerely dislike, those who designed and built Norton IS and those who pre-installed it onto my machine... There are two kind of people I sincerely dislike, those who designed and built Norton IS and those who pre-installed it onto my machine…

]]> By: Dennis http://www.emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1034 Dennis Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:41:32 +0000 http://emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm#comment-1034 thanks!! thanks!!

]]> By: mL http://www.emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1033 mL Wed, 15 Jun 2005 23:56:14 +0000 http://emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm#comment-1033 Thx !!! Thx !!!

]]> By: Lee http://www.emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1032 Lee Wed, 11 May 2005 00:54:12 +0000 http://emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm#comment-1032 Muchos thank-you's, it's working again. Muchos thank-you’s, it’s working again.

]]> By: Eric http://www.emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1031 Eric Mon, 02 May 2005 14:45:11 +0000 http://emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm#comment-1031 Thanks! This FINALLY did it! Thanks! This FINALLY did it!

]]> By: Slycer http://www.emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1030 Slycer Sun, 01 May 2005 06:34:54 +0000 http://emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm#comment-1030 Thanks Antie, worked for me! Thanks Antie, worked for me!

]]> By: Benn http://www.emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1029 Benn Sun, 10 Apr 2005 07:36:04 +0000 http://emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm#comment-1029 Hey there! Thanks for this. I'm migrating from MT to WP, and this was starting to frustrate me! Thanks again!! Hey there! Thanks for this. I’m migrating from MT to WP, and this was starting to frustrate me!

Thanks again!!

]]> By: Shadow http://www.emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1036 Shadow Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:58:53 +0000 http://emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm#comment-1036 <strong>How To Blog:</strong> Phil is right -- where Firefox fails, IE works. There is probably a hack for this, but where is it? How To Blog: 'Sorry, you need to enable sending referrers, for this feature to work.' error when trying to activate plugins in WordPress Don't... How To Blog:

Phil is right — where Firefox fails, IE works. There is probably a hack for this, but where is it? How To Blog: ‘Sorry, you need to enable sending referrers, for this feature to work.’ error when trying to activate plugins in WordPress Don’t…

]]> By: guht http://www.emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1028 guht Mon, 14 Mar 2005 19:52:35 +0000 http://emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm#comment-1028 I actually encountered this problem recently and nothing seemed to work... I did some debugging in the code and echoed the adminurl and referer url, and noticed they were different. I then realized this was because my actual url was different because of dynamic dns forwarding. Perhaps some of you are using such forwarding services. If so back sure you are using the correct url. ie instead of www.foo.com - it might be something like www2.foo.com:6000 - the 6000 being the port number you might be using cause your ISP is blocking port 80. I actually encountered this problem recently and nothing seemed to work…

I did some debugging in the code and echoed the adminurl and referer url, and noticed they were different. I then realized this was because my actual url was different because of dynamic dns forwarding.

Perhaps some of you are using such forwarding services. If so back sure you are using the correct url. ie instead of http://www.foo.com – it might be something like www2.foo.com:6000 – the 6000 being the port number you might be using cause your ISP is blocking port 80.

]]> By: Phil http://www.emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1027 Phil Mon, 21 Feb 2005 00:44:56 +0000 http://emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm#comment-1027 Don't get hung up on firewalls - it might also be a browser thing - particularly if any of you are using Firefox set up to respect your privacy. Switching to IE to administer WP did the job for me. You could switch off the appropriate extensions or whatever, but it's easier just to fire up IE. Don’t get hung up on firewalls – it might also be a browser thing – particularly if any of you are using Firefox set up to respect your privacy.

Switching to IE to administer WP did the job for me.
You could switch off the appropriate extensions or whatever, but it’s easier just to fire up IE.

]]> By: DJ_Antie http://www.emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1026 DJ_Antie Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:34:39 +0000 http://emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm#comment-1026 Hi. I get this message when I try to delete a post in Weblog: "Sorry, you need to enable sending referrers, for this feature to work." I'm using Sygate Personal Firewall Pro and there is no option for turning off privicy control.What I have to do? Hi.
I get this message when I try to delete a post in Weblog:
“Sorry, you need to enable sending referrers, for this feature to work.”
I’m using Sygate Personal Firewall Pro and there is no option for turning off privicy control.What I have to do?

]]> By: Preston Taylor Holmes http://www.emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1025 Preston Taylor Holmes Thu, 06 Jan 2005 23:41:08 +0000 http://emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm#comment-1025 Great tips! This one helped me out tremendously. Great tips! This one helped me out tremendously.

]]> By: JErm http://www.emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1024 JErm Tue, 14 Dec 2004 06:51:10 +0000 http://emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm#comment-1024 I don't have Norton Internet Security and I still get that message. I'm running a test environment under WinXP SP2 using Omnicron 3.0.3a. Do you have any ideas? If you could email me back it would be great. Thanks! :D I don’t have Norton Internet Security and I still get that message. I’m running a test environment under WinXP SP2 using Omnicron 3.0.3a. Do you have any ideas? If you could email me back it would be great. Thanks! :D

]]> By: Andrea http://www.emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1023 Andrea Fri, 12 Nov 2004 00:28:41 +0000 http://emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm#comment-1023 Thank you! I am finally able to add stuff to my site! LOL. *hugs* Thank you! I am finally able to add stuff to my site! LOL. *hugs*

]]> By: Emily http://www.emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1022 Emily Sat, 23 Oct 2004 17:36:05 +0000 http://emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm#comment-1022 You're very welcome - glad I could help :) You’re very welcome – glad I could help :)

]]> By: jarra http://www.emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1021 jarra Sat, 23 Oct 2004 17:31:55 +0000 http://emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/sorry-you-need-to-enable-sending-referrers-for-this-feature-to-work-error-when-trying-to-activate-plugins-in-wordpress-243.htm#comment-1021 thanks, worked for me. thanks, worked for me.

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