Title: Issue with loopback requests
Last modified: May 8, 2025

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# Issue with loopback requests

 *  Resolved [S o f t f u l l y](https://wordpress.org/support/users/softfully/)
 * (@softfully)
 * [1 year, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-loopback-requests/)
 * Smush plugin says
   Your site seems to have an issue with loopback requests.We 
   could not find any images in the selected directory. (Already has 1000 images)
 * I use the Solid Security plugin and the PHP version 8.4.3 (Supports 64bit values)

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 *  Thread Starter [S o f t f u l l y](https://wordpress.org/support/users/softfully/)
 * (@softfully)
 * [1 year, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-loopback-requests/#post-18457074)
 * I checked under Tools > Site Health in my WP dashboard no loopback errors were
   reported. (Passed Tests)
   I use WordPress Version 6.8.1
 * Imagify Image Optimization works well.
 *  Plugin Support [Williams – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudevsupport3/)
 * (@wpmudevsupport3)
 * [1 year, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-loopback-requests/#post-18458986)
 * Hi [@softfully](https://wordpress.org/support/users/softfully/) ,
 * I hope you’re doing well.
 * We need you to check a few things here in this case, possibly with your Hosting
   Support.
 * Could you please check this and let us know if it helps? [https://wpmudev.com/docs/wpmu-dev-plugins/smush/#loopback-request-issue](https://wpmudev.com/docs/wpmu-dev-plugins/smush/#loopback-request-issue)
 * I hope to hear back from you soon.
    Best Regards, Williams Valerio
 *  Thread Starter [S o f t f u l l y](https://wordpress.org/support/users/softfully/)
 * (@softfully)
 * [1 year, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-loopback-requests/#post-18459116)
 * But in the previous version, it was working well. The Site Health test is passed.
 *  Plugin Support [Patrick – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudevsupport12/)
 * (@wpmudevsupport12)
 * [1 year, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-loopback-requests/#post-18459256)
 * Hi [@softfully](https://wordpress.org/support/users/softfully/)
 * Thank you for the update.
 * I understand the previous version was working well but we still need to run some
   tests to understand why the current one isn’t, with that then we can look into
   specific scenario and try to replicate the issue.
 * Could you add the below code as a mu-plugin [https://wpmudev.com/docs/using-wordpress/installing-wordpress-plugins/#installing-mu-plugins](https://wpmudev.com/docs/using-wordpress/installing-wordpress-plugins/#installing-mu-plugins)
 *     ```
       <?php
   
       add_action( 'init', function(){
       	if( isset( $_GET['wpmudev-test-loopback'] ) ){
       		echo '<pre>';
   
       		$response = wp_remote_get( get_site_url() );
   
       		print_r( $response );
       		exit;
       	}
       } );
       ```
   
 * Then access the home page using yoursite/?wpmudev-test-loopback, take a screenshot
   and share it with us.
 * Could you also try to flush all the browser cookies, [https://www.hellotech.com/guide/for/how-to-clear-cookies-chrome-safari-mozilla-firefox-edge](https://www.hellotech.com/guide/for/how-to-clear-cookies-chrome-safari-mozilla-firefox-edge)
   and log in back to WordPress and see if makes any difference? We had a case in
   the past of one of Cookies causing the loopback but it was related to a 3rd party
   cookie.
 * Let us know the result you get.
    Best Regards Patrick Freitas
 *  Thread Starter [S o f t f u l l y](https://wordpress.org/support/users/softfully/)
 * (@softfully)
 * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-loopback-requests/#post-18459560)
 * [https://ibb.co/LzMbQxdD](https://ibb.co/LzMbQxdD)
 *  Plugin Support [Amin – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support2/)
 * (@wpmudev-support2)
 * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-loopback-requests/#post-18460191)
 * Hello [@softfully](https://wordpress.org/support/users/softfully/)
 * Thank you for sharing the test results.
 * The test doesn’t show any errors however the issue might be related to a security
   plugin or your hosting firewall, could you please try temporarily disabling your
   security plugin to see how it works?
 * If that wasn’t helpful, please install WP Crontrol plugin and go to tools -> 
   cron events and look for any errors.
    [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-crontrol/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-crontrol/)
 * Kind Regards
    Amin
 *  Thread Starter [S o f t f u l l y](https://wordpress.org/support/users/softfully/)
 * (@softfully)
 * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-loopback-requests/#post-18460529)
 * I have tried to disable the “Solid Security” plugin with no success, but I already
   told you that the previous version was working with the security plugin enabled.
   I don’t have a hosting firewall facility.
 *  Plugin Support [Amin – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support2/)
 * (@wpmudev-support2)
 * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-loopback-requests/#post-18461650)
 * Hello [@softfully](https://wordpress.org/support/users/softfully/)
 * We already ran lots of tests using the latest version on our end, but could not
   notice issue, also since we don’t have any similar reports that suggest the issue
   is isolated to your site.
 * For testing purposes, you can download the previous version from the following
   and go to wp-admin -> plugins -> add plugin and upload the zip file, WordPress
   will then ask if you want to replace plugin with older versions.
    [https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-smushit.3.18.0.zip](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-smushit.3.18.0.zip)
 * Please let us know how it works and if you are still having issues its better
   to run a full conflict test.
    [https://wpmudev.com/docs/getting-started/getting-support/#conflict-test](https://wpmudev.com/docs/getting-started/getting-support/#conflict-test)
 * Kind Regards
    Amin
 *  [Kris – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudevsupport13/)
 * (@wpmudevsupport13)
 * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-loopback-requests/#post-18483313)
 * Hi [@softfully](https://wordpress.org/support/users/softfully/)
 * We haven’t heard from you in a while, I’ll go and mark this thread as resolved.
   If you have any additional questions or require further help, please let us know!
 * Kind Regards,
   Kris

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