Title: Cannot Update Theme Settings
Last modified: February 14, 2021

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# Cannot Update Theme Settings

 *  Resolved [Faisal Arafin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/odommo/)
 * (@odommo)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-update-theme-settings/)
 * Can not update theme settings of my blog site, after setting up Wordfence.
 * maybe this thing is preventing to edit theme panel, can you tell me how can I
   whitelist this (theme panel) from Wordfence Security?
 * this thing was shown 2/3 months ago when I first installed Wordfence.
    [⌊screencapture-obboymedia-wp-admin-options-general-php-2021-02-13-22-22-59⌉](https://ibb.co/vDzkP2F)

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 *  Plugin Support [wfpeter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfpeter/)
 * (@wfpeter)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-update-theme-settings/#post-14049802)
 * Hi [@odommo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/odommo/), thanks for seeking
   our help!
 * This looks to me like a job for **Learning Mode**! From the Wordfence Dashboard
   click on Manage WAF. Then you will see **Basic Firewall Options > Web Application
   Firewall Status**. Change the option to **Learning Mode**. Now perform the actions
   that were causing issues. This will help Wordfence learn that these actions are
   normal and it will allow them in the future. After you have finished performing
   the actions, in this case editing your theme settings, switch the WAF from Learning
   Mode back to **Enabled and Protecting**. Now test to see if these actions work
   correctly.
 * [https://www.wordfence.com/help/firewall/learning-mode/](https://www.wordfence.com/help/firewall/learning-mode/)
   is an amazing resource for learning more about the WAF and learning mode.
 * Thanks,
 * Peter.
 *  Thread Starter [Faisal Arafin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/odommo/)
 * (@odommo)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-update-theme-settings/#post-14051592)
 * I did this, but sorry to say it does not work.
 * can you please check it with my user credentials?
 *  Plugin Support [wfpeter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfpeter/)
 * (@wfpeter)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-update-theme-settings/#post-14052039)
 * Hi [@odommo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/odommo/),
 * Unfortunately we cannot request user credentials as part of our free Wordfence
   version support. Are you able to allowlist the action by confirming the ‘false
   positive’ checkbox on the 403 error page you’re seeing?
 * Thanks,
 * Peter.

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-update-theme-settings/#post-14052039)
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