Change in .htaccess -> blank site

Hello Mariaestela,

As a test, try using a default theme, such as Twenty Sixteen, etc.

The blank page may be suppressing an error message. Enable debugging to see if a more detailed error appears.

Cheers,
John-Paul

@Mariaestela Zoe

What is in your site .htaccess file now?

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/htaccess

Hi Maria,

First, if you must use your rule, fix it by changing to:

order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from 222.222.222.222 # YOUR REAL IP HERE

Remember, spaces are respected, so ensure yours is exactly like the above.

Assuming you’re using Apache, I recommend installing mod_evasive, fail2ban, mod_security and enabling iptables.

I would also recommend installing a security plugin or two from the plugins directory.

Here is one, although it hasn’t been updated in some time. Seems to work with no issues on my end:

https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/brute-force-login-protection/

Here is another called WordFENCE:
https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/wordfence/

And last but not least, change ALL your passwords and ensure they are strong!

Try something like this password generator:

https://lastpass.com/generatepassword.php

Hope this helps.

Hi Luke,

Thank you for your response and apologies for my late reply.

It was:

# BEGIN W3TC Browser Cache
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
Header append Vary User-Agent env=!dont-vary
</IfModule>
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css text/x-component application/x-javascript application/javascript text/javascript text/x-js text/html text/richtext image/svg+xml text/plain text/xsd text/xsl text/xml image/x-icon application/json
<IfModule mod_mime.c>
# DEFLATE by extension
AddOutputFilter DEFLATE js css htm html xml
</IfModule>
</IfModule>
# END W3TC Browser Cache

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

But I just removed the first part and changed it to:

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

Which didn’t make a difference. The front is still blank. ??

Would you have any other suggestions?

Thank you,

Mariaestela

Hi Rrecurse,

Thank you for your reply.

I have removed the rule altogether.

I do have Wordfence installed and I am using a pw generator.

Thank you,

Mariaestela

Hi John-Paul,

Thank you for you reply and apologies for my late reply.

Your suggestion led me into the Themes and I think something is whack. I am taking it up with my theme provider who can hopefully amend it.

Thank you,

Mariaestela

NOTE: Something about the theme appears to be off, so I am taking it with the theme developer.

Best,

Mariaestela