public function is_ip_banned()
 {
     //return true;
     $banned_ip_formats = $this->get_setting('banned_ip');
     $banned = false;
     $user_ip = $this->get_user_ip();
     if (!$user_ip) {
         return true;
     }
     if ($user_ip == '::1') {
         return false;
     }
     //Prepare IP address into proper format
     $ip_as_arr = explode('.', $user_ip);
     if (count($ip_as_arr) !== 4) {
         return true;
     }
     $sanitized_user_ip = sprintf("%'03s.%'03s.%'03s.%'03s", $ip_as_arr[0], $ip_as_arr[1], $ip_as_arr[2], $ip_as_arr[3]);
     if (is_array($banned_ip_formats)) {
         foreach ($banned_ip_formats as $banned_ip_format) {
             if (RM_Utilities::is_banned_ip($sanitized_user_ip, $banned_ip_format)) {
                 $banned = true;
                 break;
             }
         }
     }
     return $banned;
 }