Release 1.4.5

Added block-http-requests.php

Author: jordantrizz

CHANGELOG.md

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 # Changelog
+## mend
+
+
+## Release 1.4.5
+* Added block-http-requests.php
+
+
 ## Release 1.4.4
 * Added disable-wp-rocket-preload.php
 

README-snippets.md

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 
 | Title | Version | Type | Status | Description |
 | ----- | ------- | ---- | ------ | ----------- |
+| [Block HTTP Requests to a list of URLs](./core/block-http-requests.php) | 0.1.0 | * Type: snippet | :white_check_mark: | This plugin blocks HTTP requests to specific URLs, such as the WP Ultimo update server. |
 | [enable-core-updates-version-control.php](./core/enable-core-updates-version-control.php) | 1.0.0 | Plugin | :white_check_mark: | Filters whether the automatic updater should consider a filesystem location to be potentially managed by a version control system. |
 
 ## [debug](debug)

README.md

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ The status field is used to indicate the current status of the snippet. This is
 
 | Title | Version | Type | Status | Description |
 | ----- | ------- | ---- | ------ | ----------- |
+| [Block HTTP Requests to a list of URLs](./core/block-http-requests.php) | 0.1.0 | * Type: snippet | :white_check_mark: | This plugin blocks HTTP requests to specific URLs, such as the WP Ultimo update server. |
 | [enable-core-updates-version-control.php](./core/enable-core-updates-version-control.php) | 1.0.0 | Plugin | :white_check_mark: | Filters whether the automatic updater should consider a filesystem location to be potentially managed by a version control system. |
 
 ## [debug](debug)
@@ -142,6 +143,13 @@ The status field is used to indicate the current status of the snippet. This is
 | [Failover Status Monitor](./wp-failover/wp-failover.php) | 1.0.0 | Plugin | :white_check_mark: | Monitors failover status and provides notifications. |
 
 # Changelog
+## mend
+
+
+## Release 1.4.5
+* Added block-http-requests.php
+
+
 ## Release 1.4.4
 * Added disable-wp-rocket-preload.php
 

VERSION

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-1.4.4
+1.4.5

core/block-http-requests.php

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+<?php
+/**
+ * Plugin Name: Block HTTP Requests to a list of URLs
+ * Description: This plugin blocks HTTP requests to specific URLs, such as the WP Ultimo update server.
+ * Version: 0.1.0
+ * Author: Jordan
+ * Author URI: https://managingwp.io/
+* Type: snippet
+ * Status: Complete
+ **/
+
+// Define the list of URL patterns to block
+$blocked_urls = [
+    'https://versions.nextpress.co/updates/',
+    'https://api.wpultimo.com/',
+    'https://licensing.example.com/',
+    // Add more URLs to block as needed
+];
+
+add_filter('pre_http_request', function($pre, $r, $url) use ($blocked_urls) {
+    $is_blocked = false;
+    
+    // Check if the URL matches any of the blocked patterns
+    foreach ($blocked_urls as $blocked_pattern) {
+        if (strpos($url, $blocked_pattern) === 0) {
+            $is_blocked = true;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    if (!$is_blocked) {
+        //error_log("Good API: $url");
+        return $pre;
+    } else {
+        // Block the request
+        error_log("Blocked API: $url");
+        return [
+            'headers' => [],
+            'body'    => '',
+            'response' => ['code' => 201, 'message' => 'OK'],
+            'cookies'  => [],
+            'filename' => null,
+        ];
+    }
+}, 10, 3);