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Commonly Whitelisted Domains [FAQs] (13)

This post is a wiki post. Anybody can edit it to provide useful tips for whitelisting. Editing abuse may result in a ban from the forums! Whitelisting Tips List any tips you’ve discovered on how or what to whitelist in …

How do I add Wildcard sites to the blacklist? [FAQs] (7)

Update: The functionality of this is now baked into Pi-Hole! You can either add wildcarded blacklist domains on the Web Admin UI, or from the command line by running pihole -wild example.com   Note: This works for blac…

About the FAQs category [FAQs] (1)
Hardware requirements to set up Pi-Hole - basic basic basic [Community How-to's] (15)
How do I setup my pre-built Pi-hole kit from Pi-supply? [FAQs] (6)
Use IPv6 ULA addresses for Pi-hole [FAQs] (14)
How do I revert to a previous version of Pi-hole? [FAQs] (17)
Auto Update Pi-Hole [Community How-to's] (13)
Enabling HTTPS for your Pi-hole Web Interface ( 2 ) [FAQs] (31)
How to Configure Pi-Hole with pfSense for simple home network [Community How-to's] (4)
What files does Pi-hole use? [FAQs] (3)
How do I use Pi-hole's built in DHCP server (and why would I want to)? [FAQs] (11)
How can I restore Pi-hole's default ad lists? [FAQs] (3)
Why is FTL offline and showing "Lost Connection To API"? [FAQs] (4)
How do I interperet the DNSSEC column in the query log? [FAQs] (1)
What is setupVars.conf and how do I use it? [FAQs] (7)
Pi-Hole stats on a Nextion display [Community How-to's] (1)
What model Raspberry Pi should I use for Pi-hole? [FAQs] (4)
PiHole versions [Community How-to's] (3)
Why do some sites take forever to load when using Pi-hole? (for versions < v4.0) ( 2 3 ) [FAQs] (54)
Install a more recent dnsmasq on Raspbian Jessie [FAQs] (14)
Why Some Pages Load Slow When Using Pi-hole And How To Fix It (for versions < v4.0) [FAQs] (13)
Why do I see domains with random characters (such as yfjmdpisrvyrnq) in my query log? [FAQs] (1)
How do I show hostnames instead of IP addresses in the dashboard? [FAQs] (6)
Publicly available IPv6 DNS servers [FAQs] (2)
Commonly blacklisted domains ( 2 ) [FAQs] (30)
Why does my query log show entries from the future such as 2018-12-31? [FAQs] (2)
Do I still need browser ad blockers if I use Pi-hole? [FAQs] (2)
Why can't I connect to the Internet when I enable Pi-hole? [FAQs] (1)
How do I flush my Pi-hole cache? [FAQs] (7)