Ninja Firewall blocking Rank Math

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(@rstackj)

Hey guys,

I figured that the stuff ninjafirewall adds to the .htaccess file blocks me from saving my settings in Rank Math. When trying to save settings (under general tab only) i get redirected to the 404 page.

When I remove the following entries from htaccess

# BEGIN Security Block
# Block the include-only files.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^wp-admin/includes/ - [F,L]
RewriteRule !^wp-includes/ - [S=3]
RewriteRule ^wp-includes/[^/]+\.php$ - [F,L]
RewriteRule ^wp-includes/js/tinymce/langs/.+\.php - [F,L]
RewriteRule ^wp-includes/theme-compat/ - [F,L]
</IfModule>

# Disable directory listing
Options All -Indexes

# Remove header with PHP version
Header always unset X-Powered-By
Header unset X-Powered-By
# END Security Block

it works. Any suggestion?

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Plugin Author nintechnet
(@nintechnet)

4 years, 10 months ago

This code comes from another plugin/application that you installed on your blog, I’m afraid.
NinjaFirewall doesn’t add any rewrite rules to your .htaccess.
barnez
(@pidengmor)

4 years, 10 months ago
@rstackj

Focus on this block of directives:
```
# Block the include-only files.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^wp-admin/includes/ - [F,L]
RewriteRule !^wp-includes/ - [S=3]
RewriteRule ^wp-includes/[^/]+\.php$ - [F,L]
RewriteRule ^wp-includes/js/tinymce/langs/.+\.php - [F,L]
RewriteRule ^wp-includes/theme-compat/ - [F,L]
</IfModule>
```
Use the # symbol to comment out one of the RewriteRule directives (e.g. # RewriteRule ^wp-admin/includes/ - [F,L]), save and test. Keep going until you find the offending rule. When you do, remove or leave that line commented out.
Olaf Lederer
(@finalwebsites)

4 years, 9 months ago

These rules are advised here:
https://ww.wp.xz.cn/support/article/hardening-wordpress/#securing-wp-includes

Remove themes rules of you can contact the people from Rankmath to check why this happens. I remember me that you need to connect your site with Rankmath SaS app during the installation.

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