My own forum blocks my posts after a while (Auto Moderator)

maxmoon

The issue

My own forum blocks my posts after a while and I have to approve them, which is pretty annoying, because I write a huge post, share the link, go away, but then the forum makes the discussion invisible, because I have to approve it and all people will visit an empty site.

I don't know exactly where this is coming from, but I guess it has something to do with the FoF Filter extension, because it says "Contained blocked strings" and the only extension I installed, which blocks strings (and I know of) is FoF Filter. Even if it says "auto moderator", I don't have the extension "auto moderator" installed.

But it is weird, because in the permissions settings, I (the admin) am allowed to Bypass word filter(s), so it can be something else, but what?

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maxmoon

Update: I really need some help here, because I really don't know where it's coming from and how to deactivate it for admins, because the permissions of the FoF Filter are set so admins can bypass word filters.

But something keeps hiding my posts even if they are a few days old and I have to approve them by myself to make them accessible to others again.

SychO

have you tried disabling fof filter to see?

maxmoon

SychO have you tried disabling fof filter to see?

Not really, I need the filter to avoid spam.

I will try it for a few days and come back to report in.

But which extension could it be, if not the filter, which is blocks posts by "contained blocked strings"?

SychO

maxmoon it's very very likely the filter extension

maxmoon

SychO

Ok, I can confirm it is!

I haven't had a single problem the last 2 weeks after deactivating the extension.

It looks like FoF Filters is really bad programmed. Not only that it doesn't prevent people from posting words in a blacklist, but it also keeps hiding posts of admins, which are on the white list.

I have to keep it deactivated, because it is completely useless atm.

But I wonder if I am the only person with those problems or if I even have a "unique special broken" version?