Title: Manually Refresh Rules Last modified: September 9, 2019 --- # Manually Refresh Rules * Resolved [asplash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asplash/) * (@asplash) * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/manually-refresh-rules-2/) * Hi, I cannot find a button to ‘Manually Refresh Rules’ and I have a message saying * ‘The last rules update for the Wordfence Web Application Firewall was unsuccessful. The last successful update check was 30th August 2019 1:18 pm, so this site may be missing new rules added since then. You may wait for the next automatic attempt at 13th September 2019 1:18 pm or try to Manually Update by clicking the “Manually Refresh Rules” button below the Rules list.’ * Despite clicking the ‘Dismiss’ on the message, it continues on every admin screen– even when trying to edit pages. * Please advise. * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fmanually-refresh-rules-2%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) * [Stevo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sd142ppr/) * (@sd142ppr) * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/manually-refresh-rules-2/#post-11915346) * This is, I think, a general issue. I’ve written to WF, and awaiting response as I (and others) are experiencing this across all sites as they try to update. * Steve * [WFGerroald](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfgerald/) * (@wfgerald) * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/manually-refresh-rules-2/#post-11915419) * Hey [@asplash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asplash/), * Please navigate to **Wordfence > Firewall** then scroll down to the Rules section. Directly under the Rules section, you’ll find the `MANUALLY UPDATE RULES` button. * Can you try clearing all cache to see if it helps with dismissing the message? * Also, can you please share who you’re hosting with? * [@sd142ppr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sd142ppr/) – I’ve responded to your Premium ticket. We’ll continue there. * Thanks, * Gerroald * Thread Starter [asplash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asplash/) * (@asplash) * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/manually-refresh-rules-2/#post-11917084) * In the Firewall section the only reference to Rules is ‘Firewall Rules: Community’– where it says ‘Rule updates delayed by 30 days’ and there is no button anywhere on the screen to ‘manually update rules’. I have had to disable the plugin to get rid of the persistent message. * Regards, Jane * [WFGerroald](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfgerald/) * (@wfgerald) * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/manually-refresh-rules-2/#post-11918158) * Hey [@asplash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asplash/), * I found out we did have issues yesterday. Can you please reactivate Wordfence and let me know how it goes? If you’re experiencing the same issue can you please share a screenshot of where the missing Manually Update Rules button is missing? Below is a screenshot of where it should be. * [https://screencast.com/t/Y39nEecVaEGP](https://screencast.com/t/Y39nEecVaEGP) * Thanks, * Gerroald * Thread Starter [asplash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asplash/) * (@asplash) * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/manually-refresh-rules-2/#post-11918277) * Ah – well first I was only on the Wordfence > Firewall page – I did not realise I had to navigate further to ‘All Firewall Options’ where as your sceenshot showed I found the button. However on clicking to update manually it said ‘ No rules were updated. Please verify you have permissions to write to the /wp-content/ wflogs directory. I have set the permissions on this folder to 777 but this still makes no difference. Also the warning message is still at the top of every screen. * Regards, Jane * [WFGerroald](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfgerald/) * (@wfgerald) * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/manually-refresh-rules-2/#post-11918976) * Hey [@asplash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asplash/), * Please revert the permissions immediately. The 777 permissions should never be used, even for testing. * Can you try deleting the wflogs and allow it to be regenerated? This usually takes less than 30 minutes. * Can you confirm that the owner of the directory/files is the user the webserver runs as? If you’re not familiar with this you may need to ask your host. * Could you also please go to “Wordfence –> Tools –> Diagnostics” and make sure that all checks in the “Filesystem“, “Wordfence Config” and “MySQL” sections read OK. * Please let me know what you find. * Thanks, * Gerroald - This reply was modified 6 years, 9 months ago by [WFGerroald](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfgerald/). * Thread Starter [asplash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asplash/) * (@asplash) * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/manually-refresh-rules-2/#post-11919494) * Hi, * I have deleted the wflogs folder and checked Diagnostics Filesystem – All ok Wordfence Config – Basic config writing [tick] – Serialized config writing [tick] MySQL – 10.1.41-MariaDB-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Then everything else OK * Wordfence now seems to be running without a warning message and the wflogs folder is back in place. * Thank you for your help. * Regards, Jane * [WFGerroald](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfgerald/) * (@wfgerald) * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/manually-refresh-rules-2/#post-11922679) * Hey [@asplash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asplash/), * Thanks for the update, and happy to hear it. * Please let us know if anything else comes up. * Thanks, * Gerroald Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) The topic ‘Manually Refresh Rules’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/wordfence/assets/icon.svg?rev=2070865) * [Wordfence Security - Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordfence/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordfence/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordfence/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordfence/reviews/) * 8 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [WFGerroald](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfgerald/) * Last activity: [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/manually-refresh-rules-2/#post-11922679) * Status: resolved