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FWIW the PiHole web UI and Flutterhole (Android app) have easily accessible 'disable for x mins' operations which can help for things like this.

There’s also an iOS remote app I have used - pi-hole remote. Works wonders to temp disable pihole

The controls exist, but it is just one more "computer thing" to break for a non-techy audience.

I thought about wiring up a physical button which would send the "disable for N minutes command" before I realized I was playing with too much fire.

That is why my wife won't use the pihole on my network - things like Google map links to hotels, Amazon shopping links, even target app pictures didn't work out of the box.

I have a button on my stream deck to enable/disable pihole but I totally understand that is an annoyance for others!

Yeah, I can't use this and I'm surprised it doesn't come up more often.

The default list is so small that I am inclined to believe you used an untested and unmaintained 3rd party block list. Use the lists from firebog.net and hagezi. They are well maintained and documented