Title: Cerber is blocking Updraft Plus plugin
Last modified: April 9, 2019

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# Cerber is blocking Updraft Plus plugin

 *  Resolved [bonedoctor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bonedoctor/)
 * (@bonedoctor)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cerber-is-blocking-updraft-plus-plugin/)
 * Hello,
 * Cerber is blocking Updraft Plus plugin when attempting to setup a backup to a
   DropBox account.
 * [https://www.my-domain.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=updraftplus&action=updraftmethod-dropbox-auth](https://www.my-domain.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=updraftplus&action=updraftmethod-dropbox-auth)(
   it is supposed to connect to Dropbox in order to get an authorization to access
   my account)
 * same when directly typing my custom admin url : [https://www.my-domain.com/my-custom-admin-url/options-general.php?page=updraftplus&action=updraftmethod-dropbox-auth](https://www.my-domain.com/my-custom-admin-url/options-general.php?page=updraftplus&action=updraftmethod-dropbox-auth)
 * Despite whitelisting the query ?page=updraftplus&action=updraftmethod-dropbox-
   auth
    I get a 403 “We’re sorry, you are not allowed to proceed” message.
 * ANY idea how to allow external access to this plugin ?

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 *  Thread Starter [bonedoctor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bonedoctor/)
 * (@bonedoctor)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cerber-is-blocking-updraft-plus-plugin/#post-11422181)
 * Sorry, Cerber was not the culprit ! I finally found a mistake in my website .
   htaccess file.
 *  Plugin Author [gioni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gioni/)
 * (@gioni)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cerber-is-blocking-updraft-plus-plugin/#post-11426185)
 * Good news! I’ve never heard about any conflict with Updraft.

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 * Last reply from: [gioni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gioni/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cerber-is-blocking-updraft-plus-plugin/#post-11426185)
 * Status: resolved