Title: Firewall Settings Problem (Basic => Extended)
Last modified: January 23, 2017

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# Firewall Settings Problem (Basic => Extended)

 *  [cs1337](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cs1337/)
 * (@cs1337)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-settings-problem-basic-extended/)
 * Wordfence will not switch from “Basic WordPress Protection” to “Extended Protection”
   although setting htaccess and user.ini was successful and **phpinfo() indeed 
   reports the correct path to the wordfence-waf.php file in the auto_prepend_file
   column**.
 * Furthermore, I could confirm that the wordfence-waf php file is actually prepended(
   included) to every wordpress page by editing it to output a test message.
 * I have traced the problem to the WFWAF_AUTO_PREPEND variable being set to false
   in wordfence.php line 53, commenting this line out solves the problem but I suppose
   that is merely symptomatic.
 * I have studied the relevant help wiki but could not solve the problem
    ([https://docs.wordfence.com/en/Web_Application_Firewall_Setup](https://docs.wordfence.com/en/Web_Application_Firewall_Setup))-
   > I have waited more than 120 min, so caching is probably not an issue – also,
   the phpinfo() already lists wordfence-waf.php and it is defintely included into
   every page (see above)
 * -> PHP Version is 5.5.38
 * -> User.ini does not contain ini_set(‘output_buffering’, 0);
 * I am using the most current version of WordPress (4.7.1) and Wordfence (6.2.10).
   Server-Environment is Apache FPM/FastCGI.

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 *  [wfalaa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfalaa/)
 * (@wfalaa)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-settings-problem-basic-extended/#post-8702454)
 * Hi,
    I can see you confirmed that “auto_prepend_file” is loading “wordfence-waf.
   php” file from the correct path, could you please double-check paths of the files
   called inside “wordfence-waf.php” file? “bootstrap.php” and “wflogs” in particular?
 * Also, try to disable other plugins installed then re-check this issue and if 
   you can provide your website link that would be helpful.
 * Thanks.
 *  Thread Starter [cs1337](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cs1337/)
 * (@cs1337)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-settings-problem-basic-extended/#post-8715088)
 * Thank you very much for your feedback!
 * I could confirm that echo commands inserted into wp-content/plugins/wordfence/
   waf/**bootstrap.php** and wp-content/wflogs/**rules.php** are being executed.
 * I have temporarily deactivated all plugins except for Wordfence and could still
   not get the Firewall Setting to display anything else than “Basic WordPress Protection”.
 * Since the page is still under development, I cannot post it here, but perhaps
   provide it as pm of some kind.
 *  [wfalaa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfalaa/)
 * (@wfalaa)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-settings-problem-basic-extended/#post-8725187)
 * Yes, please go to (Wordfence > Tools > Diagnostics) and scroll down the page 
   till “Send Report by Email” and send the report to “alaa [at] wordfence [dot]
   com”, make sure to include your forum username, I will take a look at this report
   and let you know my findings.
 * Thanks.

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 * [firewall](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/firewall/)

 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [wfalaa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfalaa/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-settings-problem-basic-extended/#post-8725187)
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