Title: timthumb problems
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# timthumb problems

 *  Resolved [awilson3rd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awilson3rd/)
 * (@awilson3rd)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/timthumb-problems-2/)
 * Hello,
 * I have a problem with using this plugin with my theme which uses timthumb as 
   a image resizer. Basically something is changing in the .htaccess file when using
   this plugin which causes all of the images on my website to fail (just a box 
   with a cross in it). After doing some research I have found that this is down
   to timthumb rewrite rule errors. When I remove the changes .htaccess file and
   add a default one the images are working again. Any idea on how to fix this?
 * Thanks
 * Andrew
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall/)

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 *  [mra13 / Team Tips and Tricks HQ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mra13/)
 * (@mra13)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/timthumb-problems-2/#post-4760154)
 * Are you using the image hotlink prevention feature?
 *  Thread Starter [awilson3rd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awilson3rd/)
 * (@awilson3rd)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/timthumb-problems-2/#post-4760163)
 * Hello and thanks for the reply.
 * No, I am not using that feature. What I did was to ‘disable security features’
   using the button. Tested then and it was ok. So, I then just added basic firewall
   and basic login prevention (in other words I didn’t select any additional options
   from these tabs/settings). This worked ok with the new .htaccess file that was
   created so there is something in one of these settings which was causing the 
   issue. Not sure what though?
 * Thanks
 * Andrew
 *  [mra13 / Team Tips and Tricks HQ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mra13/)
 * (@mra13)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/timthumb-problems-2/#post-4760203)
 * You can keep enabling features one by one to find out which one doesn’t work 
   with your theme. Doesn’t use the feature that doesn’t work with your theme. There
   is always going to be one or two features that doesn’t work with all themes.
 *  [wp_noobster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wp_noobster/)
 * (@wp_noobster)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/timthumb-problems-2/#post-4760273)
 * In my case it was due to Bad Query Strings protection.

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/timthumb-problems-2/#post-4760273)
 * Status: resolved