http 500 error after just disabling wordfence

Hi @gabrielpioaru,

Could try and enable WP_DEBUG in order to get additional information on what’s causing this “500 server error”?

Also could you check the Web server error log file to see if you can find any specific messages?

I’ve enabled wp_debug, wp_debug_log and wp_debug_display but i can’t find them anywhere, as in wp-content or root folder can’t see them…
I have ispconfig so i don’t have a file manager. I just use ftp to manage the files

here is my .htaccess file

<Files xmlrpc.php>
Allow from deny
</Files>
# END GOTMLS Patch to Block XMLRPC Access
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^https://(.+\.)gabriel.pioaru.ro [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
</IfModule>
# BEGIN s2Member GZIP exclusions
<IfModule rewrite_module>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (^|\?|&)s2member_file_download\=.+ [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (^|\?|&)no-gzip\=1
RewriteRule .* – [E=no-gzip:1]
</IfModule>
# END s2Member GZIP exclusions
# Begin redirect www to no-www
<IfModule rewrite_module>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%1/$1 [R=301,L]
</IfModule>
# END redirect www to no-www
# BEGIN rlrssslReallySimpleSSL rsssl_version[2.4.3]
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
</IfModule>
# END rlrssslReallySimpleSSL
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
# Enable expirations
ExpiresActive On
# Default directive
ExpiresDefault “access plus 1 month”
# My favicon
ExpiresByType image/x-icon “access plus 1 year”
# Images
ExpiresByType image/gif “access plus 1 month”
ExpiresByType image/png “access plus 1 month”
ExpiresByType image/jpg “access plus 1 month”
ExpiresByType image/jpeg “access plus 1 month”
# CSS
ExpiresByType text/css “access 1 month”
# Javascript
ExpiresByType application/javascript “access plus 1 year”
</IfModule>
<ifModule mod_headers.c>
Header unset ETag
</ifModule>
FileETag None

I’ve posted de wrong .htaccess file, sorry.
Here is the right one.

<Files xmlrpc.php>
Allow from deny
</Files>
# END GOTMLS Patch to Block XMLRPC Access
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
#Replace ?mysite\.com/ with your blog url
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^https://(.+\.)gabriel.pioaru.ro [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
</IfModule>
# BEGIN s2Member GZIP exclusions
<IfModule rewrite_module>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (^|\?|&)s2member_file_download\=.+ [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (^|\?|&)no-gzip\=1
RewriteRule .* – [E=no-gzip:1]
</IfModule>
# END s2Member GZIP exclusions
# Begin redirect www to no-www
<IfModule rewrite_module>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%1/$1 [R=301,L]
</IfModule>
# END redirect www to no-www
# BEGIN rlrssslReallySimpleSSL rsssl_version[2.4.3]
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
</IfModule>
# END rlrssslReallySimpleSSL

# 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

<IfModule mod_expires.c>
# Enable expirations
ExpiresActive On
# Default directive
ExpiresDefault “access plus 1 month”
# My favicon
ExpiresByType image/x-icon “access plus 1 year”
# Images
ExpiresByType image/gif “access plus 1 month”
ExpiresByType image/png “access plus 1 month”
ExpiresByType image/jpg “access plus 1 month”
ExpiresByType image/jpeg “access plus 1 month”
# CSS
ExpiresByType text/css “access 1 month”
# Javascript
ExpiresByType application/javascript “access plus 1 year”
</IfModule>
<ifModule mod_headers.c>
Header unset ETag
</ifModule>
FileETag None

Solved!

I’ve deleted from php.ini this line
auto_prepend_file = ‘/home/username/website.com/wordfence-waf.php

It might be one in .htaccess. Remove that if it’s there!

Hi @gabrielpioaru,

I’m glad you managed to fix this issue.

Thanks a lot for sharing this!