Wordfence Causing Error Even After Removing Extended Protection and Deactivation

  • Resolved wallacelin

    (@wallacelin)


    5 years, 5 months ago

    Hello, I am trying to create a duplicate website. As part of the packaging process I know if I have Wordfence I need to remove the Extended Protection that alters .user.ini and .htaccess. I have done so and deactivated the plugin before making the package.

    However, when I added the package and the installer to the directory of my new site, I get HTTP ERROR 500 upon visiting my-domain.com/installer.php. I checked the directory and there’s an error_log with the following:
    [12-Jun-2019 20:33:40 UTC] PHP Warning: Unknown: failed to open stream: Permission denied in Unknown on line 0
    [12-Jun-2019 20:33:40 UTC] PHP Warning: Unknown: failed to open stream: Permission denied in Unknown on line 0
    [12-Jun-2019 20:33:40 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Unknown: Failed opening required ‘/home/lawyers/public_html/wordfence-waf.php’ (include_path=’.:/opt/cpanel/ea-php56/root/usr/share/pear’) in Unknown on line 0

    This seem to occur each time I try to visit my-domain.com/installer.php

    What is causing this? Have I misconfigured the server?
    Any clues would be appreciated. Thank you!

    • This topic was modified 5 years, 5 months ago by wallacelin. Reason: Adding missing details
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  • Thread Starter wallacelin

    (@wallacelin)

    Hey, after a lot of searching and debugging I found some previously hidden .user.ini and .htaccess files from previous attempts to migrate the website. Clearing these hidden files worked.

    Thanks for the update!

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