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SMF: Cannot Login after installing BotBanish

Started by Randem, February 08, 2026, 05:35:02 PM

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Randem

If you cannot log into your SMF forum after installing BotBanish. To solve this issue, access the database via phpMyAdmin to delete the following data from the SMF Settings table.

Search for the variables then remove the associated values then save:

variable value
integrate_registerBotBanish_SMF_CheckUserRegistration
integrate_login BotBanishClient_UserLoggedIn

You will now be able to log into the forum as normal.
This will be corrected in BotBanish version 7.1.04.

These values can also be deleted with no significant loss of functionality:

variable value
integrate_preview_post BotBanish_SMF_CheckUser
integrate_post_startBotBanish_SMF_CheckUser
integrate_pre_log_statsBotBanish_SMF_CheckUser

NOTE: We also have a script that can totally uninstall BotBanish if you should run into trouble.