Title: Error: The Apache mod_rewrite module is not enabled…
Last modified: November 24, 2021
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# Error: The Apache mod_rewrite module is not enabled…
* Resolved [Llewen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/llewen/)
* (@llewen)
* [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-the-apache-mod_rewrite-module-is-not-enabled/)
* I received this error every time I tried to change the setting “Protect admin
scripts”. mod_rewrite absolutely is enabled on my lamp stack.
* I think the problem lies in “cerber-common.php”, line 2,893:
* `if ( ! apache_mod_loaded( 'mod_rewrite', true ) ) {`
* I don’t know whether this is a WordPress issue or a Cerber issue.
- This topic was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by [Llewen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/llewen/).
- This topic was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by [Llewen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/llewen/).
- This topic was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by [Llewen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/llewen/).
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* Thread Starter [Llewen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/llewen/)
* (@llewen)
* [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-the-apache-mod_rewrite-module-is-not-enabled/#post-15100326)
* edit: Fix didn’t work.
- This reply was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by [Llewen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/llewen/).
* Plugin Author [gioni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gioni/)
* (@gioni)
* [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-the-apache-mod_rewrite-module-is-not-enabled/#post-15100546)
* You can check the loaded modules by creating a temporary test PHP file with phpinfo()
in the root folder and opening it in a browser. See more: [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.phpinfo.php](https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.phpinfo.php)
* **Do not forget to remove the file after tests.**
* Thread Starter [Llewen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/llewen/)
* (@llewen)
* [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-the-apache-mod_rewrite-module-is-not-enabled/#post-15100660)
* I’ve double, triple, quadruple, quintuple, sextuple, checked, rechecked, gone
back months later and done it all again. mod_rewrite is absolutely enabled. It’s
in my /etc/apache2/mods-available, the symlink is in /etc/apache2/mods-enabled..
htaccess contains the following code:
* ```
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
```
* /usr/lib/apache2/modules contains mod_rewrite.so, so that’s there as well. phpinfo()
also lists it, as follows.
* `Loaded Modules core mod_so mod_watchdog http_core mod_log_config mod_logio mod_version
mod_unixd mod_access_compat mod_alias mod_auth_basic mod_authn_core mod_authn_file
mod_authz_core mod_authz_host mod_authz_user mod_autoindex mod_cgi mod_deflate
mod_dir mod_env mod_filter mod_headers mod_mime prefork mod_negotiation mod_php7
mod_reqtimeout mod_rewrite etc.`
* I’ve also tried AllowOverride All, just to be sure that wasn’t the issue. It
made no difference.
* Plugin Author [gioni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gioni/)
* (@gioni)
* [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-the-apache-mod_rewrite-module-is-not-enabled/#post-15100798)
* What version of PHP do you run? Does apache_mod_loaded() always return the same
result for any other Apache module installed on the server, including a random
string?
* Thread Starter [Llewen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/llewen/)
* (@llewen)
* [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-the-apache-mod_rewrite-module-is-not-enabled/#post-15100905)
* Here’s a link to the phpinfo ( ) as a pdf. I tried to remove all the possible
dox data, but I can’t be sure I got it all. I’ll delete the file and remove the
link when I know you have it.
* [phpinfo](https://filedn.com/lWbVXB4SbxPYfgQyS6OHlxF/phpinfo.pdf)
* Thread Starter [Llewen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/llewen/)
* (@llewen)
* [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-the-apache-mod_rewrite-module-is-not-enabled/#post-15100918)
* The “Microsoft IIS 5.0” is my little joke on hackers attempting to hack the website…
* Thread Starter [Llewen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/llewen/)
* (@llewen)
* [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-the-apache-mod_rewrite-module-is-not-enabled/#post-15100923)
* On the off chance that you think Mod Security is the issue, I have attempted
to disable it, to no effect.
* Thread Starter [Llewen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/llewen/)
* (@llewen)
* [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-the-apache-mod_rewrite-module-is-not-enabled/#post-15100957)
* Just to be double sure, I disabled modsecurity entirely, and encountered the
same error.
* Thread Starter [Llewen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/llewen/)
* (@llewen)
* [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-the-apache-mod_rewrite-module-is-not-enabled/#post-15101322)
* I’m not really good with WordPress or with PHP, so this was a bit of fun, but
as far as I can see, unless I am running into permissions issues, apache_mod_loaded
always returns FALSE.
* I ran this code on various bits of the admin page, using different mod names
and just a random string, and it always returned FALSE. But perhaps I was just
plugging it into the wrong place. I’m a hack when it comes to scripting. I’m
not really skilled.
* ```
```
* Thread Starter [Llewen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/llewen/)
* (@llewen)
* [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-the-apache-mod_rewrite-module-is-not-enabled/#post-15101443)
* I double checked the documentation. That function doesn’t appear have any specific
scope, so it should run on any page, and it returned false no matter what page
I ran it on, no matter what data I fed it.
* Thread Starter [Llewen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/llewen/)
* (@llewen)
* [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-the-apache-mod_rewrite-module-is-not-enabled/#post-15101450)
* I think I figured it out. My little joke backfired on me. Changing the server
string messed up the contents of the “$is_apache” variable. That might well be
why a bunch of other things that I’ve never been able to figure out are broken
in my WordPress. I’ll post back when I know for sure.
* Thread Starter [Llewen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/llewen/)
* (@llewen)
* [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-the-apache-mod_rewrite-module-is-not-enabled/#post-15101458)
* Ya, that was it. Thanks for your help. I’m not sure why disabling modsecurity
didn’t also disable that, but it didn’t. That was also the reason for a lot of
the other issues I’ve been having with WordPress. Lesson learned.
* Plugin Author [gioni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gioni/)
* (@gioni)
* [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-the-apache-mod_rewrite-module-is-not-enabled/#post-15103582)
* Good news!
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