Title: Problem after plugin update
Last modified: February 13, 2020

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# Problem after plugin update

 *  Resolved [BenPi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrbenpi/)
 * (@mrbenpi)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-after-plugin-update-3/)
 * Hello!
 * When Cerber is automatically updated it seems there’s a bug that modify the .
   htaccess of my WordPress website incorrectly.
 * Normally the “# BEGIN WordPress […] # END WordPress” section of my .htaccess 
   contains :
    […] RewriteBase / […] RewriteRule . /index.php [L] […]
 * But after the update it’s modified as :
    […] RewriteBase /en/ […] RewriteRule./
   en/index.php [L] […]
 * So after the update, all the websites pages, except the index, does 404 errors.
   I’ve corrected the .htaccess file and everything is fine now.
 * The only plugin that was updated the last time I’ve got the problem (it’s not
   the first time) that modify the .htaccess was Cerber.
 * For your information, the “/en/” on my website do exists. It’s the English version
   of my WordPress website that’s enabled through WPML plugin. The default language
   is French.
 * So how can I help you diagnose this issue?
 * Thanks!

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 *  Plugin Author [gioni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gioni/)
 * (@gioni)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-after-plugin-update-3/#post-12436378)
 * Hi! WP Cerber doesn’t modify any rule in that section at all. It’s not possible
   by the plugin’s design.
 *  Thread Starter [BenPi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrbenpi/)
 * (@mrbenpi)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-after-plugin-update-3/#post-12443256)
 * Are you sure it’s not related to this issue :
    [https://wpml.org/errata/htaccess-is-rewritten-with-language-folder/](https://wpml.org/errata/htaccess-is-rewritten-with-language-folder/)
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by [BenPi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrbenpi/).
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by [BenPi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrbenpi/).
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by [BenPi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrbenpi/).
 *  Plugin Author [gioni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gioni/)
 * (@gioni)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-after-plugin-update-3/#post-12452298)
 * No, WP Cerber doesn’t use flush_rewrite_rules() either. It seems they look for
   excuses not to code their creation a proper way. What a lame statement:
 * > The problem actually comes from certain third-party plugins calling flush_rewrite_rules(
   > true) function too often.
 * There is simply no such thing as “too often” in terms of software.
 *  Thread Starter [BenPi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrbenpi/)
 * (@mrbenpi)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-after-plugin-update-3/#post-12461676)
 * Okay, thank you very much for the follow-up!

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 * Last reply from: [BenPi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrbenpi/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-after-plugin-update-3/#post-12461676)
 * Status: resolved