Title: Receiving “url: /plugin/….not valid path” error with Cloudflare plugin
Last modified: May 1, 2018

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# Receiving “url: /plugin/….not valid path” error with Cloudflare plugin

 *  [drewland](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drewland/)
 * (@drewland)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/receiving-url-plugin-not-valid-path-error-with-cloudflare-plugin/)
 * I just installed the Cloudflare plugin, created an account, changed my name servers,
   and everything seemed to setup properly. I am able to see the information about
   my site on the Cloudflare website. I went back to wp-admin to setup the optimization
   and was asked for e-mail address and API key. Went back to Cloudflare and copied/
   pasted key and entered e-mail. Now when I try to “Optimize Cloudflare for WordPress”
   for the first time, I click “Apply” and the following error pops up in a red 
   bar across the bottom of the screen: “The url: plugin/101616faf034e901414da6c85f9387a5/
   settings/default_settings is not a valid path.” I noticed that the long string
   of characters in the middle corresponds to the “Zone ID” on the Cloudflare site.
   I have tried deleting and re-installing the plugin and clearing the cache with
   no change. Any ideas what might be the issue?
 * Thanks, Andrew
    -  This topic was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by [drewland](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drewland/).

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 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/receiving-url-plugin-not-valid-path-error-with-cloudflare-plugin/#post-10240509)
 * Well, the problem is trying to request a resource with a relative path. The URL
   needs to be a complete, absolute path with https, domain, everything. I’ve no
   idea for a solution though, we’re not too knowledgeable here about specific plugins.
   Please post your issue in the plugin’s dedicated support forum where the plugin’s
   developers and expert users can help you.

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/receiving-url-plugin-not-valid-path-error-with-cloudflare-plugin/#post-10240509)
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