Mod_security error in new block widget

  • Sharen McArthur

    (@sharenmcarthurgmailcom)


    3 years, 1 month ago

    I discovered the new widget block today. It has a problem.

    Inside a few of my widgets, I get this message:

    “Not Acceptable!
    An appropriate representation of the requested resource could not be found on this server. This error was generated by Mod_Security.”

    I looked at my desktop website. All of the widgets EXCEPT AdSense are showing. So I don’t have ads on my desktop website or on my mobile website.

    None of this makes sense.

    I read that I should install the Classic Widgets plugin. I found this article, however, that warns of a problem with the Classic Widgets plugin. Below is an excerpt from the article, https://tipsnfreeware.com/how-to-disable-the-widget-block-editor-in-wordpress-5-8/
    “Caution!
    If you have started using the new block-based widgets system, you will lose all of your widget blocks upon activating the plugin.

    There is no going back, so be sure this is what you want. The former widget blocks will not reappear if you change your mind and deactivate Classic Widgets.”

    So, the Classic Widgets plugin doesn’t seem to be a solution because if I deactivate it or if it goes away sometime in 2022 as I have read, I won’t be able to get the widget blocks back.

    How do I get rid of the Mod_Security error so that my AdSense ads to show on my widget block on my desktop and mobile websites?

    Thank you for your help.

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