Title: [Plugin: BackUpWordPress] installation error 406 response
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: BackUpWordPress] installation error 406 response

 *  Resolved [breathem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/breathem/)
 * (@breathem)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-installation-error-406-response/)
 * Hello,
 * I just installed BackUpWordPress and got the following error msg:
 * BackUpWordPress has detected a problem. wp-cron.php is returning a 406 response
   which could mean cron jobs aren’t getting fired properly. BackUpWordPress relies
   on wp-cron to run back ups in a separate process.
 * Help!
 * Thanks,
 * Bridget
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backupwordpress/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backupwordpress/)

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 *  [yigaler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yigaler/)
 * (@yigaler)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-installation-error-406-response/#post-2395027)
 * I got the same error right now, after installing BackUpWordPress.
 * Can someone advise, regarding this error ?
 * Thanks
 *  Plugin Author [Tom Willmot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willmot/)
 * (@willmot)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-installation-error-406-response/#post-2395152)
 * The issue is that your wp-cron.php is not returning a 200 response when hit with
   a http request originating from your own server, it could be several things, 
   all of which are out of my control.
 * Some things I would test are.
 * 1. Are scheduled posts working? (They use wp-cron too).
    2. Are you hosted on
   Heart Internet? (wp-cron is known not to work with heart internet). 3. If you
   click manual backup does it work? 4. Try adding define( ‘HMBKP_DISABLE_MANUAL_BACKUP_CRON’,
   true ); to your wp-config.php, does your manual backup work then? 5. Try adding
   define( ‘ALTERNATE_WP_CRON’, true ); to you wp-config.php, do backups (manual
   and automatic) work? 6. Is your site private (I.E is it behind some kind of authentication,
   maintenance plugin, .htaccess) if so wp-cron won’t work until you remove it, 
   if you are and you temporarily remove the authentication, do backups start working?
 *  [jumpinsteph](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jumpinsteph/)
 * (@jumpinsteph)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-installation-error-406-response/#post-2395202)
 * Hi,
 * I have the same error.
    “BackUpWordPress has detected a problem. wp-cron.php 
   is returning a 406 response which could mean cron jobs aren’t getting fired properly.
   BackUpWordPress relies on wp-cron to run scheduled back ups.”
 * I tested all the things you said.
 * The manual back-ups are working when I click it.
    I got the email with the zipped
   file.
 * I try to add “define( ‘ALTERNATE_WP_CRON’, true );” to my wp-config.php, the 
   manual back up still working but not the automatic one.
 * I have the Version 1.6.5 of the plugin and WordPress 3.3.1
    Is there something
   else I can try ? Thank you Steph
 *  [jumpinsteph](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jumpinsteph/)
 * (@jumpinsteph)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-installation-error-406-response/#post-2395203)
 * Hi,
 * It works now.
    I add these lines on my .htaccess :
 * <IfModule mod_security.c>
    SecFilterEngine Off SecFilterScanPOST Off </IfModule
   >
 *  Plugin Author [Tom Willmot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willmot/)
 * (@willmot)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-installation-error-406-response/#post-2395204)
 * Thanks for reporting back with your fix, any idea why you had to do that?
 * I’ll add it to the FAQ
 *  [jumpinsteph](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jumpinsteph/)
 * (@jumpinsteph)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-installation-error-406-response/#post-2395208)
 * Sorry for my late answer…
 * I don’t really have an idea, I’ve made a search in the support and found this:
   [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cronphp-error-406?replies=2](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cronphp-error-406?replies=2)
 * I tried, and it is working perfectly. Maybe it’s because of the host and some
   security stuff. It’s better so to add an .htaccess and .htpasswd to /wp-admin/

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