403 in status code checker

  • Resolved rqcmt

    (@rqcmt)


    2 years, 11 months ago

    Hello.
    With iThemes Security, the status code checker on the web gives 403.
    Actually, there is no problem with the site display, but is there any negative impact on search engine crawlers, etc.?
    If you disable the default blacklist in Security> Settings> Banned Users, this will not happen.
    Thanks.

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  • Hi,

    In the .htaccess file (Apache) try commenting out the line below:

    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^$" [NC,OR]

    If using nginx:

    if ($http_user_agent ~* "^$"){return 403;}

    When this rewrite condition is met an empty user agent request header is forbidden.

    +++++ To prevent any confusion, I’m not iThemes +++++

    Thread Starter rqcmt

    (@rqcmt)

    @nlpro.
    Thank you.
    Resolved.
    By the way, what is this line referring to?

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