Can’t Access WP-Admin due to Wordfence error

Hi @sproutwebdev, thanks for sharing the error you’re seeing.

Had you only just installed, optimized the firewall or made some other changes on your server when this occurred? A possible cause is that the .htaccess file containing auto_prepend_file to include wordfence-waf.php has been placed somewhere else and not in document root. If you’re able to use WordPress CLI, the following command will find the location of the file:

find . -name ".htaccess" -exec grep -r -H "/your/path/to/wordfence-waf.php" {} \;

It is also possible for .user.ini or php.ini to be configured for this depending on your environment, but also check that wordfence-waf.php is in your site’s root folder too.

Naturally I can’t check which host or environment you’re on precisely, so I’ll provide the links below in case troubleshooting or alternative hosting provider setups may be appropriate to follow in your case:

https://www.wordfence.com/help/firewall/optimizing-the-firewall/#alternative-hosting-provider-setups

https://www.wordfence.com/help/firewall/optimizing-the-firewall/troubleshooting/

Let us know what you find out!
Peter.

Hi @wfpeter, the issue has been resolved. I reverted the domain to the old one and deactivated the Wordfence before changing the domain again. Thank you so much for the response.