Title: Exclude plugin
Last modified: February 5, 2022

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# Exclude plugin

 *  Resolved [barnabas1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barnabas1/)
 * (@barnabas1)
 * [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-plugin-10/)
 * Hello,
 * How can I exclude a plugin from iThemes security?

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 *  [Matthew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atxmatt/)
 * (@atxmatt)
 * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-plugin-10/#post-15348067)
 * Could you provide further information on what you are wanting to exclude it from?
 *  Thread Starter [barnabas1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barnabas1/)
 * (@barnabas1)
 * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-plugin-10/#post-15348316)
 * If I have set the Rest API to strict, how can I exclude a plugin from this strict
   restriction?
 *  [Matthew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atxmatt/)
 * (@atxmatt)
 * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-plugin-10/#post-15380440)
 * Sorry for the delay in getting back to you.
 * Hmmm, I’m a user of both iThemes Security Free and iThemes Security Pro and don’t
   know a way to do this.
 * Are you getting a specific error message or error code?
 *  Thread Starter [barnabas1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barnabas1/)
 * (@barnabas1)
 * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-plugin-10/#post-15381100)
 * Hello,
    When I tried to sychronize some woocommerce data to another plugin but
   the rest API Strict restriction was preventing the sychronization. I was wondering
   if I can continue using the strict REST api restriction while excluding communivation
   between certain plugins. Maybe is too complex scenario?
 *  [nlpro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nlpro/)
 * (@nlpro)
 * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-plugin-10/#post-15385826)
 * Hi,
 * When enabled (Restricted Access) the iTSec plugin REST API setting hooks into
   the **rest_dispatch_request** filter like so:
 * `add_filter( 'rest_dispatch_request', array( $this, 'filter_rest_dispatch_request'),
   10, 4 );`
 * Under certain conditions I think a plugin could try and remove the filter before
   using a REST API endpoint that is normally affected by the restriction (only 
   a limited number of REST API endpoints is restricted).
 * +++++ To prevent any confusion, I’m not iThemes +++++
    -  This reply was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by [nlpro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nlpro/).
 *  Thread Starter [barnabas1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barnabas1/)
 * (@barnabas1)
 * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-plugin-10/#post-15401911)
 * [@nlpro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nlpro/) Hello, I have forwarded 
   your advice to the developers of the plugin that was conflicting with iThemes
   strict Rest API restriction. Thank you for your reply.
 *  [Matthew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atxmatt/)
 * (@atxmatt)
 * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-plugin-10/#post-15401936)
 * [@barnabas1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barnabas1/) I _think_ the solution
   would be to use [Application Passwords](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/11/05/application-passwords-integration-guide/)
   but this is something that I haven’t used myself.
 * Let me know if you give this a try and how it works for y’all.
 *  Plugin Support [chandelierrr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shanedelierrr/)
 * (@shanedelierrr)
 * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-plugin-10/#post-15939025)
 * Hi [@barnabas1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barnabas1/), I hope the information
   provided helped resolve your issue. Since we haven’t received a response, I’ll
   mark this post resolved. If you still need some assistance, feel free to open
   a new support topic, and we’d be happy to assist. Thank you!

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