Firewall Optimization with Siteground

  • Resolved seoservicesbristollimited

    (@seoservicesbristollimited)


    5 years, 6 months ago

    Hi there. I’ve read the similar forum topics, also Optimizing The Firewall page, and Firewall Optimization Troubleshooting page, and tried to follow each step.

    1. In my Siteground multi-sites hosting, I created a php.ini file into the /public_html. The php.ini content says :

    auto_prepend_file = “/home/MYUSERNAME/public_html/MYWEBSITEDOMAINNAME/wordfence-waf.php”
    zend_extension=/usr/local/php56/lib/php/extensions/ioncube.so
    zend_extension=/usr/local/php56/lib/php/extensions/ZendGuardLoader.so

    2. the file wordfence-waf.php was added manually to MYWEBSITEDOMAINNAME/wordfence-waf.php

    3. In the .htaccess file – for MYWEBSITEDOMAINNAME – I have added those lines :

    SetEnv PHPRC /home/MYUSERNAME/public_html/MYWEBSITEDOMAINNAME/php.ini
    <Files ~ “\.(ini)$”>
    order allow,deny
    deny from all
    </Files>

    4. In WordPress CMS / Wordfence / Tools / Diagnostics / “Click to view your system’s configuration in a new window” , the auto_prepend_file returns a “no value”, such as the user_ini.filename = “no value”.

    I hope this gives you enough details to be able to guide me on how to move from Wordfence “Firewall Basic WordPress Protection” enabled towards “Optimized”.

    Thanks,

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  • Hey @seoservicesbristollimited

    Can you edit your php.ini file and add this line:

    auto_globals_jit = off

    You can also do this by going into cPanel -> PHP Variables.

    Please give this a try and let me know if it helps.

    Thanks,

    Gerroald

    Thread Starter seoservicesbristollimited

    (@seoservicesbristollimited)

    Hi Gerald and many thanks for the support

    My php.ini file now content is :

    auto_prepend_file = “/home/MYUSERNAME/public_html/MYWEBSITEDOMAINNAME/wordfence-waf.php”
    auto_globals_jit = off
    zend_extension=/usr/local/php56/lib/php/extensions/ioncube.so
    zend_extension=/usr/local/php56/lib/php/extensions/ZendGuardLoader.so

    After the change, in WordPress CMS / Wordfence / Firewall / The “Protection Level” still shows as “Basic WordPress Protection” – I don’t know if there is a delay… will let you know if this improves by itself in the next hours…

    Thread Starter seoservicesbristollimited

    (@seoservicesbristollimited)

    Will mark this as resolved, as has been after raising a ticked with Siteground, and so with the help of their technical support team.

    The solution, for a Siteground Multi-Sites account ; what you need to do is :

    1. Into /public_html

    • have a (1st) “php.ini”
    • have 2 x SetEnv PHPRC in the “.htaccess” file

      • SetEnv PHPRC /home/MyUserName/public_html/php.ini
      SetEnv PHPRC /home/MyUserName/public_html/My DomainName/php.ini

    2. Into your website folder public_html/MyDomainName

    • have a (2nd) “php.ini”
    • have 1 x SetEnv PHPRC in the “.htaccess” file

      • SetEnv PHPRC /home/MyUserName/public_html/My DomainName/php.ini

    • heve the “wordfence-waf.php”

    Hope this will help, cheers

    Into /public_html

    have a (1st) “php.ini”
    have 2 x SetEnv PHPRC in the “.htaccess” file
    SetEnv PHPRC /home/MyUserName/public_html/php.ini
    SetEnv PHPRC /home/MyUserName/public_html/My DomainName/php.ini

    2. Into your website folder public_html/MyDomainName

    have a (2nd) “php.ini”
    have 1 x SetEnv PHPRC in the “.htaccess” file
    SetEnv PHPRC /home/MyUserName/public_html/My DomainName/php.ini

    heve the “wordfence-waf.php”
    Hope this will help, cheers

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