Manage Domain Policies (Allow/Block)

Overview

Use domain policies to reduce repeated moderation work and respond quickly to trusted or abusive servers. A saved allow or block rule gives the team a consistent decision for future inbound traffic from that domain.

This task is available in the Pro plan because it affects site-wide moderation behavior. After you save a policy, the domain appears in the policy list and new inbound activity from that domain follows the stored rule.

Before you begin

Domain policies require the Pro tier.
You need permission to manage Fediverse policies.
You need the exact remote domain name you want to allow or block, for example example.social.
Decide in advance whether the domain should be allow or block. That avoids saving the wrong moderation rule.

Steps

Open Components -> Fediverse -> Policies.
Review the existing list before you add a new entry. Policies shows every saved domain rule. Select an existing row if you want to edit it, or continue with a new entry if the domain is not listed yet.
Select New in the Joomla toolbar.
Complete the policy form.
- Domain – Enter only the remote domain name, such as example.social. Do not include https://, paths, or usernames.
- Policy – Choose allow to trust that domain explicitly, or block to prevent inbound federation from it.
- Reason – Add a short explanation for your team, such as known partner server or spam source. This field is optional, but it makes later reviews easier.
Select Save in the toolbar.
To change an existing entry later, return to Components -> Fediverse -> Policies and select the domain name from the list.
To remove one or more entries, select them in the list view and use Delete in the toolbar.

Check your result

The policy was saved correctly if:

Joomla shows a confirmation message after Save.
The domain appears in the policy list with the expected allow or block badge.
Opening the domain again shows the same values you saved.

Troubleshooting

The `New` button is missing

Likely cause: The site is not on the Pro plan, or your account does not have permission to manage policies.
Solution: Confirm the installed license tier and check the Joomla permissions for the Fediverse component.

The policy does not affect the remote server you expected

Likely cause: The saved Domain value does not match the inbound actor domain exactly.
Solution: Check the remote actor or server domain again and save the policy with the plain hostname only.

An old rule is still shown after you changed it

Likely cause: You edited the wrong entry or saved a new domain instead of reopening the existing one from the list.
Solution: Return to Components -> Fediverse -> Policies, open the intended row from the list, confirm the domain, and save it again.