Can't log out, 403 forbidden

To get the correct RewriteBase in your root .htaccess file click the AutoMagic buttons before activating Root folder BulletProof Mode. Let me know if doing this solves the issue.

Also are you using any other Login protection or CAPTCHA plugins? If so, then they are probably competing with each other since they are calling the same WordPress hooks – actions/filters. Are you using any additional custom .htaccess code? If so, post that custom .htaccess code.

Same here, I cant log in or out unless I delete the .htaccess file, what can I do?

I have used the buttons, it worked yesterday but today is not working,

Thanks

AIT:

I create the secure access through automagic and enabled it in root of install and in wp-admin, and I get the same issue.

I do have other plugins: Wordfence security plugin which I believe also monitors logging attempts…but this was the case before and it was all working just fine?

I also have a plugin that makes you input a pin in the beginning, but it’s not a complicated plugin–that’s all it does. And this was also there before so not sure what changed?

One thing I feel could be an issue is just the fact that I have the blog installed on a subfolder. This just seems to complicate things.

One big question I have is:

if I have the install in root/example, then what should the rewrite base be on the root folder? Should it be:

RewriteBase /example

or

RewriteBase /

And similar question for the htaccess in the example folder (which BPS creates). Should the rewrite be:

RewriteBase /blog/

or

RewriteBase /

Should they be the same, or does the example folder have /blog and the root folder not?

I feel this creates an issue.

Thank you for your help,

Jose

I just turned off BPS login protection so that only wordfence could stay active, did automagic buttons again for secure access, and same problem. cant log out.

The issue is not logging in for me, it is logging out. I get:

403 Forbidden Error Page

If you arrived here due to a search or clicking on a link click your Browser’s back button to return to the previous page. Thank you.

If this is a WordPress subfolder/subdirectory site named example-root-site.com/example/:
RewriteBase /example/
/example-root-site.com/example

If this is a subdomain site named example.examplesite.com:
RewriteBase /
subdomain folder: /example
DNS A or CNAME record pointing to the example folder/WP installation

I am not clear about all the other things you stated?

For your second Post/Question do this:

FTP to your site and rename the /bulletproof-security plugin folder to /bulletproof-security-hold.

log in and out of your site – does the same problem occur or not?

It didnt work, “page not found” when I tried to login… Also the plugin was deactivated and caused a fatal error to the site when I tried to activate it…

It was working fine before the update…

We have over 10,000 confirmed successful upgrades to BPS .49.3 so it is not an issue with anything in BPS .49.3.

Do the standard WordPress troubleshooting steps:

deactivate all plugins. Activate only BPS and test.
switch your Theme to the WordPress 2013 Theme and test.

Also do the standard BPS setup steps again.

Click the AutoMagic buttons and activate Root and wp-admin BulletProof Modes. Lock your root .htaccess file on the htaccess File Editor tab page to ensure these common problems are not occurring:
Broken cPanel HotLink Protection tool problem.
https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/plugin-bulletproof-security-broken-cpanel-hotlink-tool-404-errors-unable-to-edit-htaccess-files?replies=9
flush_rewrite_rules problem.
https://forum.ait-pro.com/forums/topic/read-me-first-free/#flush-rewrite-rules

Thanks, will see what I can do…

AIT,

So if I have my site installed in examplerootsite.com/example

then the htaccess rewrite rule for both the htaccess in examplerootsite.com/ and examplerootsite.com/example should be:

RewriteBase /example/

?

Well, this is what I did:

I went into the brute login options in BPS and turned it OFF. Then I did automagic buttons again for secure htaccess and activated in root and wpadmin.

I then opened the root htaccess file created and it still had the information about the brute login attempts, so I deleted that code.

I also deleted the code about a redirect for BuddyPress plugin which I don’t have installed anyway.

I also deleted the “Head” from request before “trace”

Then I saved it and changed permissions to 404 to keep it that way.

And boom! I can log out now and BPS is activated along with the other plugins I mentioned.

It had to do something with that code. My guess is the BuddyPress code which specifically has a redirect for logging out, which is what was happening.

I hope that i am still protected well by taking those things out.

Also, currently, both rewritebase rules (in root and in install subfolder) point to:

RewriteBase /example/

First question: Nope, because a root site will have a RewriteBase of just /.

A subdirectory/subfolder site will have a RewriteBase of /whatever-that subfolder-name-is/

The RewriteBase directive means do rewriting from this “base”. What this directive is designed to do is to keep .htaccess rules compartmentalized to each site so that each site’s .htaccess files to do not interfere with each other.

Let’s say your Hosting account has this website setup as the primary website domain for you hosting account…

WebsiteA is the primary domain for this hosting account.

You then create additional websites/domains and put them in folders.
/WebsiteB.com
/WebsiteC.com

These domains are considered aliased or add-on domains. They would also be considered as root website installations and would have a RewriteBase of /.

Now if you install a WordPress site in a subfolder and there is NOT a separate website/domain involved then this is a WordPress subdirectory/subfolder installation.

/subfolderA
/subfolderB

These subfolder sites would have a RewriteBase of…

RewriteBase /subfolderA/

RewriteBase /subfolderB/

BPS already creates the correct RewriteBase when you click the AutoMagic buttons so you really do not need to know this, but this is the basic hosting account structure.

Second Post/Question: please isolate the exact code that is causing the problem so that we can make a determination on what needs to happen next. Thanks.