Yes, I agree. An easy way for adding addition bots to block or even be flexible to whitelist would be desired.

I also have a problem with the plugin PersoAbout in combination with this plugin. If I want to edit and submit I get "Error code: 403 Forbidden". Turning the "YB | Bot Protection" plugin off, solved the problem and I was able to submit my changes in PersoAbout.

As long as the upload from your mobile device sends a unique User Agent string you can use that to add that UA to the white list of BYB.
PiwigoNG sends the UA: "Dart" by which I can successfully whitelist it. You can check this through the bot_log.txt logfile.

You have to add the new entry for the whitelist manually on the server first:

- Add the UA string "Dart" to whitelisted_bots.txt
- Add an entry to bot_limits.json (beware of correct syntax in the JSON file):

  "Dart": {
        "enabled": true,
        "max_per_day": 10000
    }

Next step: go to the configuration page of BYB: the tab "Whitelist": it should now contain the new entry for "Dart" with the limits as entered in the above step.

Caution: If you hit the "Save settings" button for the whitelisted bots section you will loose your manually entered edits and you have to repeat the above steps again!!!!

Regarding this there is room for emprovement for the BYB plugin. Hopefully the developer does read this thread.

Thank you Olaf

I do not get it; for this plugin I always get: All plugins are up to date.

Do I have to install manually every time there is a new version?
Currently I have Version 1.7.0

This is what I have, running Piwigo 15.7.0:

Under Plugins I see BYB Version 1.7.0:


But under Plugins -> Check for updates, I have this (no updates - all up to date):


And under Tools -> Updates -> Extensions, I also have no updates:


Any clue?

You should be able to check in the settings of BYB.
Go to the whitelist tab. There you should see an entry for Dart and the limits as entered into the bot_limits.json file.

Last edited by OHappyDay (2025-12-15 11:14:26)