wpsnoop: fix Pike Firewall plugin conflicts, errors & issues

When the plugin Pike Firewall conflicts or throws a PHP error we hope wpsnoop can help you to fix the issue quickly.

Discover which shortcodes wp-options PHP functions database tables and files are created by Pike Firewall, plus learn which plugins and/or themes could be in conflict with Pike Firewall.

Troubleshooting theme and plugin conflicts is easier when you know what Pike Firewall leaves behind after uninstalling it from a WordPress installation, there is a list down below for your convenience.

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Database Issues

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File System Issues

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What does Pike Firewall version 1.4.1 add to WordPress? Answers Here.

This is an automatically generated report - it is possible for Pike Firewall to perform differently in your installation, previous versions before 1.4.1 may have created a different set of shortcodes, used different function names or could have created entirely different database tables to store settings and operate. This is not an exhaustive list but shows how version 1.4.1 of Pike Firewall behaves when installed and removed on a clean installation of WordPress.

We have not tested individual shortcodes, features or settings of this plugin but instead have concentrated on the potential for obvious errors and conflicts which can occur, if you need help with the plugin in your local installation you can get WordPress help and support for Pike Firewall by clicking here.

Our testing covered the free version of this plugin there may or may not be a paid version or premium version available for purchase that unlocks additional features and could behave in a slightly or very different manner.

Summary of WordPress plugin analysis: Pike Firewall

Plugin Slug: pike-firewall Internal ID: 52858 Addon Type: Plugin Version: 1.4.1 Price: Free Source: WordPress.org Files: 40 (0.98MB) Short Codes: [ / ] 0 Database Tables: 9 Function Count: 88 Code Review: Search Provit

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Which new files does Pike Firewall add to WordPress?

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The plugin Pike Firewall added 40 new files when it was installed with WP-CLI in our WordPress test environment.

Type & Path	Size	Conflicts
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/	0.98MB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/classes/	47.91kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/classes/class-pike-firewall-logs-table.php	10.33kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/classes/class-wp-list-table-copy.php	37.56kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/classes/index.php	19.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/css/	19.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/css/index.php	19.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/index.php	19.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/js/	3.53kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/js/index.php	19.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/js/pike-firewall-ajax-cron-reset.js	565.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/js/pike-firewall-ajax-filescan.js	2.61kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/js/pike-firewall-ajax.js	356.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/library/	824.03kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/library/captcha/	824.01kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/library/captcha/backgrounds/	28.00kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/library/captcha/backgrounds/45-degree-fabric.png	10.91kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/library/captcha/backgrounds/cloth-alike.png	3.51kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/library/captcha/backgrounds/grey-sandbag.png	5.89kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/library/captcha/backgrounds/index.php	19.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/library/captcha/backgrounds/kinda-jean.png	3.32kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/library/captcha/backgrounds/polyester-lite.png	1.03kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/library/captcha/backgrounds/stitched-wool.png	1.05kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/library/captcha/backgrounds/white-carbon.png	1.04kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/library/captcha/backgrounds/white-wave.png	1.25kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/library/captcha/fonts/	788.81kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/library/captcha/fonts/index.php	19.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/library/captcha/fonts/times_new_yorker.ttf	788.79kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/library/captcha/index.php	19.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/library/captcha/simple-php-captcha.php	7.18kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/library/index.php	19.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/partials/	22.72kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/partials/index.php	19.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/partials/pike-firewall-captcha.php	3.32kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/partials/pike-firewall-settings-apache-analyze.php	1.25kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/partials/pike-firewall-settings-filesystem-scan.php	484.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/partials/pike-firewall-settings-filesystem.php	945.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/partials/pike-firewall-settings-general.php	16.74kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/pikefirewall.php	98.61kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/pike-firewall/readme.txt	6.21kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

Which new shortcodes does Pike Firewall add to WordPress?

The plugin Pike Firewall did not add any shortcodes when it was installed with WP-CLI in our WordPress test environment.

Which new database tables are created by the WordPress plugin Pike Firewall?

Pike Firewall created 9 new database tables when it was installed in our test environment:

Table name	Known Plugin or Theme conflicts
wp_pike_firewall_log	Potential conflict with 1 other plugin
wp_pike_firewall_single_ip	Potential conflict with 1 other plugin
wp_pike_firewall_crawl_fake_ip	The wp_pike_firewall_crawl_fake_ip table doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp_pike_firewall_crawl_ip	The wp_pike_firewall_crawl_ip table doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp_pike_firewall_crawl_range_ip	The wp_pike_firewall_crawl_range_ip table doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp_pike_firewall_filesystem_scan	The wp_pike_firewall_filesystem_scan table doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp_pike_firewall_log_crawlers	The wp_pike_firewall_log_crawlers table doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp_pike_firewall_login	The wp_pike_firewall_login table doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp_pike_firewall_range_ip	The wp_pike_firewall_range_ip table doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

After uninstalling and deleting Pike Firewall using WP-CLI there were 0 database tables that still remained.

Table name	Status

Click the table name above for more information on what the orphan tables could mean to your WordPress installation and some tips on how to deal with it.

Which new options are added to the wp-options table by Pike Firewall?

When Pike Firewall was activated and loaded for the first time it created 1 new option in the wp_options table. Any known conflicts will be shown in red.

Option Name		Known Conflicts
pike_firewall		The pike_firewall option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
a:1:{s:7:"version";s:5:"1.4.1";}

During use Pike Firewall may or may not create more options depending on how the plugin is configured and depending on which other themes and plugins are active in your specific hosting environment.

After disabling and deleting Pike Firewall there were 1 option still present in the wp-options table:

recently_activated

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What new PHP functions does Pike Firewall declare when it is active?

Installing Pike Firewall added 88 new functions to Wordpress at run-time. These functions are internal and generally aren't meant to be used except by developpers who wish to interface with the plugin to enhance or alter its behavior.

Function	Conflicts	Common Errors
pike_add_admin_menu	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_add_admin_menu()
pike_add_menu_options	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_add_menu_options()
pike_admin_dashboard_access	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_admin_dashboard_access()
pike_admin_header	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_admin_header()
pike_admin_scripts_init	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_admin_scripts_init()
pike_ajax_cron_reset	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_ajax_cron_reset()
pike_ajax_filescan	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_ajax_filescan()
pike_ajax_scan	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_ajax_scan()
pike_all_tables	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_all_tables()
pike_append_arrays	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_append_arrays()
pike_block_crawlers	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_block_crawlers()
pike_change_mimes	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_change_mimes()
pike_check_crawler	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_check_crawler()
pike_check_fcrdns	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_check_fcrdns()
pike_check_fdns	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_check_fdns()
pike_check_post_referer	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_check_post_referer()
pike_check_post_ua	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_check_post_ua()
pike_check_post_ua_cmd	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_check_post_ua_cmd()
pike_check_proxy_by_headers	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_check_proxy_by_headers()
pike_check_rdns	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_check_rdns()
pike_check_user_enum	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_check_user_enum()
pike_check_whitelist	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_check_whitelist()
pike_convert_to_csv	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_convert_to_csv()
pike_crawler_ip_fill_table	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_crawler_ip_fill_table()
pike_create_section	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_create_section()
pike_create_table	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_create_table()
pike_cron_add_time	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_cron_add_time()
pike_cron_job	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_cron_job()
pike_cron_job_filescan	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_cron_job_filescan()
pike_cron_scan	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_cron_scan()
pike_csrf_protect	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_csrf_protect()
pike_custom_message_text	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_custom_message_text()
pike_default_settings	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_default_settings()
pike_deny_all_requests	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_deny_all_requests()
pike_deny_post_requests	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_deny_post_requests()
pike_do_fscanner_data	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_do_fscanner_data()
pike_drop_table	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_drop_table()
pike_empty_table	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_empty_table()
pike_error_notice	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_error_notice()
pike_fallback_service	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_fallback_service()
pike_file_scan	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_file_scan()
pike_firewall_run	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_firewall_run()
pike_foreign_request	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_foreign_request()
pike_frontend_scripts_init	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_frontend_scripts_init()
pike_get_crawler_ip	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_get_crawler_ip()
pike_get_ip	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_get_ip()
pike_get_ip_address	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_get_ip_address()
pike_get_logs	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_get_logs()
pike_get_table_data	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_get_table_data()
pike_get_ua_cmd	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_get_ua_cmd()
pike_get_upload_dir	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_get_upload_dir()
pike_get_url	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_get_url()
pike_get_user_agent	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_get_user_agent()
pike_get_vendor	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_get_vendor()
pike_get_vendors	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_get_vendors()
pike_insert_ip	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_insert_ip()
pike_install	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_install()
pike_install_data	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_install_data()
pike_ip_fill_table	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_ip_fill_table()
pike_ip_to_long	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_ip_to_long()
pike_log_analyze	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_log_analyze()
pike_login_attempt	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_login_attempt()
pike_login_failed	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_login_failed()
pike_login_success	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_login_success()
pike_match_ip	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_match_ip()
pike_merge_db_singleip_crawlerip	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_merge_db_singleip_crawlerip()
pike_notifications	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_notifications()
pike_parse_log	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_parse_log()
pike_parse_log_file	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_parse_log_file()
pike_proxy_headers	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_proxy_headers()
pike_read_public_content	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_read_public_content()
pike_register_plugin_settings	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_register_plugin_settings()
pike_register_widget	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_register_widget()
pike_save_logs	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_save_logs()
pike_send_comment	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_send_comment()
pike_set_mail_name	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_set_mail_name()
pike_shortcode_replace	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_shortcode_replace()
pike_show_captcha	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_show_captcha()
pike_stealth_mode	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_stealth_mode()
pike_uninstall	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_uninstall()
pike_update_data	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_update_data()
pike_update_plugin	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_update_plugin()
pike_user_agent	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_user_agent()
pike_user_enumeration	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_user_enumeration()
pike_user_registration	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_user_registration()
pike_user_subscription	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_user_subscription()
pike_validate_settings	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_validate_settings()
pike_widget_display	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pike_widget_display()

Using Pike Firewall from the command line with WP-CLI

The following commands are provided for convenience and should only be used if you understand how WP-CLI works. These commands refer to a single WordPress instance and may need to be modified if you are working with a Multisite installation.

How to install Pike Firewall from the command line with WP-CLI

Navigate to the root of your WordPress installation and type the following command:

wp plugin install pike-firewall

How to activate Pike Firewall from the command line with WP-CLI

To immediately activate Pike Firewall after WP-CLI downloads the latest version you can use the following command:

wp plugin install pike-firewall --activate

How to reinstall Pike Firewall from the command line with WP-CLI

To force a reinstallation of Pike Firewall which overwrites the current plugin without asking for confirmation you can use the following command:

wp plugin install pike-firewall --force

How to update Pike Firewall to the latest version from the command line with WP-CLI

wp plugin update pike-firewall

How to delete Pike Firewall from the command line with WP-CLI

wp plugin delete pike-firewall

Where can you download earlier versions of Pike Firewall?

Whenever possible you should use the latest version of plugins and themes, however if you have recently updated and discovered that you need to install an earlier version you may be able to download other versions of Pike Firewall from the WordPress repository by visiting this link.

Please note that installing earlier versions of a theme or plugin is not generally a recommended course of action for most users and could re-introduce security, stability or other issues in Pike Firewall

About our testing enviroment

Tests were conducted using Apache 2.4.29, PHP 7.2 on Ubuntu 18.04, MySQL 5.7.33 and WordPress 5.9

It is very possible that different versions of PHP such as PHP 8.0, PHP 7.4, or PHP 7.3 could behave differently with Pike Firewall. Different versions of WordPress could implement the features of this plugin in slightly different ways as well.