Title: Cloudflare   Bulletproof
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Cloudflare Bulletproof

 *  Resolved [dm4n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dm4n/)
 * (@dm4n)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cloudflare-bulletproof/)
 * Hi. I’m using Bulletproof Security in conjunction with Cloudflare, W3 Total Cache
   and WP Super Cache.
 * I’ve run into a few problems:
 * (1) After deactivating all plugins except BPS- the tabs on the BPS dashboard 
   eg Notes/ Custom Code- fail to work.
 * (2) I’m getting a 403 error when BPS is activated.
 * FYI I’m using Hostzil.la as my host.
 * Cheers
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bulletproof-security/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bulletproof-security/)

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 *  Plugin Author [AITpro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aitpro/)
 * (@aitpro)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cloudflare-bulletproof/#post-3536982)
 * To troubleshoot BPS issues/problems please check the BPS Forum Read Me First 
   page here: [http://forum.ait-pro.com/forums/topic/read-me-first-free/](http://forum.ait-pro.com/forums/topic/read-me-first-free/)
 * Please start reading from the top of the BPS Forum Read Me First page and work
   your way down the page. Thanks.
 *  Plugin Author [AITpro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aitpro/)
 * (@aitpro)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cloudflare-bulletproof/#post-3537039)
 * Can this Thread be resolved? If so, please resolve it. If not, then post the 
   latest status.
 * Also I just noticed that you have both W3 Total Cache and WP Super Cache installed.
   I did not think it was possible or would work correctly to have both of these
   caching plugins installed together.
 * Thanks.
 *  Thread Starter [dm4n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dm4n/)
 * (@dm4n)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cloudflare-bulletproof/#post-3537049)
 * Status update: have reinstalled blog from scratch and installing plugins more
   selectively.
 * I read the Read Me First page and checked for the common problems eg broken CPanel
   Hotlinks but that appeared to be ok.
 * I found that changing the root .htaccess from 644 to 404 or 400 yielded the 403
   load error as tested by [http://watson.addy.com/](http://watson.addy.com/)
 * Thanks
 *  Plugin Author [AITpro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aitpro/)
 * (@aitpro)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cloudflare-bulletproof/#post-3537050)
 * The most restrictive file permission you can set for an htaccess file is 404 
   permissions. 400 file permission will cause a 403 error. If you have a DSO configured
   Server then you MUST use 644 or less restrictive file permissions (666, 777, 
   etc). If you have a CGI configured Server then most web hosts allow you to set
   the root .htaccess file permissions to 404. Some do not:
    webmasters.com LiquidWeb.
   com iPower iPage
 * Since you are using 2 caching plugins at the same time and you are using mod_rewrite
   with WPSC then this means both caching plugins are creating .htaccess code in
   your root .htaccess file. Caching code MUST come before the BPS .htaccess code.
 * See an example here of how to setup WPSC with BPS: [http://forum.ait-pro.com/forums/topic/where-is-the-log/](http://forum.ait-pro.com/forums/topic/where-is-the-log/)
 * I am not sure what order you would use for the W3TC and WPSC .htaccess caching
   code. Or if the htaccess code conflicts with each other. I assume since both 
   of these caching plugins are doing the same or similar things then there is at
   least going to be some redundancy. Try changing the order of the .htaccess code
   in your root .htaccess file and see what happens.
 * Example:
 * W3TC caching .htaccess code
    WPSC caching .htaccess code
 * or
 * WPSC caching .htaccess code
    W3TC caching .htaccess code
 *  Thread Starter [dm4n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dm4n/)
 * (@dm4n)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cloudflare-bulletproof/#post-3537051)
 * That’s useful info about Permission settings.
 * There is definitely redundancy in using both- maybe this can be changed via respective
   configuration settings.
 * Thanks for the generous help 🙂
 * Cheers.

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