Configuring Google +1 Button With Word Press and Bad Behavior Plugin

The very valuable Bad Behavior plugin for WordPress causes conflicts with Google's recently introduced +1 button. The fix is very simple.

Symptoms: When you attempt to "+1" on a Word Press site that is using the Bad Behavior plugin, the +1 icon appears for a few seconds and then is replaced with a red exclamation point Error Icon that links to https://www.google.com/support/profiles/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1199142&p=plusone_button_error

Solution: Whitelist the Google-owned netblock 74.125.0.0/16 in Bad Behavior's "whitelist.inc.php" file:

  1. Confirm that I'm telling the truth about who owns that block: open a terminal and run a whois
  2. In your /wp-content/plugins/bad-behavior/bad-behavior folder open the file whitelist.inc.php and add the netblock to the \$bb2_whitelist_ip_ranges array:

[sourcecode language="php"]\$bb2_whitelist_ip_ranges = array(
"64.191.203.34",    // Digg whitelisted as of 2.0.12
"208.67.217.130",    // Digg whitelisted as of 2.0.12
"10.0.0.0/8",
"172.16.0.0/12",
"192.168.0.0/16",
"74.125.0.0/16",
//        "127.0.0.1",
);[/sourcecode]
Save the file to your server and you should be all set.

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