Title: Plugin activation problem.
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Plugin activation problem.

 *  [thenewts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thenewts/)
 * (@thenewts)
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-activation-problem/)
 * I’ve downloaded a number of different plugins but whichever one I try and activate
   I get ‘Sorry, you need to enable sending referrers, for this feature to work.’
   I’ve installed a seperate copy of mingus as a test and get the same error with
   a new install. Any ideas anyone?

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 *  [Beel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beel/)
 * (@beel)
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-activation-problem/#post-60091)
 * Probably a setting in your firewall you have to turn off, but you can do a search
   on the forum to find other options.
 *  Thread Starter [thenewts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thenewts/)
 * (@thenewts)
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-activation-problem/#post-60093)
 * Spot on Beel! Firewall off, plugin on!
    Thankyou.
 *  [Beel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beel/)
 * (@beel)
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-activation-problem/#post-60094)
 * I hope you didn’t mean literally “Firewall off” – just that particular option
   in the firewall!
 *  Thread Starter [thenewts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thenewts/)
 * (@thenewts)
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-activation-problem/#post-60095)
 * Yup I’m afraid so. Firewall off – activate plugin – firewall on! I’ll find the
   option in question later, I just wanna play with plugins right now :0)
 *  [missbelinda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/missbelinda/)
 * (@missbelinda)
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-activation-problem/#post-60120)
 * For my firewall it was the privacy control
 *  [unoamigo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/unoamigo/)
 * (@unoamigo)
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-activation-problem/#post-60136)
 * Firewalls, blah. Who really needs those anyhow. 😉
 *  [dvogel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dvogel/)
 * (@dvogel)
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-activation-problem/#post-60153)
 * i hav been having this problem, too. if you log out and log back on, you can 
   finsih what you’re doing. or at least i can. mildly annoying, but not unworkable.
   i get it when activating plugins and working on links. i downloaded the csv to
   try and eliminate it, but it’s still there, although a bit better now.
 *  [madsen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/madsen/)
 * (@madsen)
 * [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-activation-problem/#post-60753)
 * Check josesilva’s reply in this thread:
    [http://wordpress.org/support/index.php?action=vthread&forum=3&topic=7238&page=0](http://wordpress.org/support/index.php?action=vthread&forum=3&topic=7238&page=0)

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 * Last reply from: [madsen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/madsen/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-activation-problem/#post-60753)
 * Status: not resolved

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