FGD

Well… the MailPoet guys came to the rescue with a fix for me. Perhaps this will help you too??

Increase the WordPress Memory Limit.

/* Increase PHP Memory to 128MB */
define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '128M');

Well… the MailPoet guys came to the rescue with a fix.

Increase the WordPress Memory Limit in the wp_config.php file.

/* Increase PHP Memory to 128MB */
define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '128M');

Marking this issue as resolved.

Thanks!

• This reply was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by FGD.

Correction from my previous comment…. it is not a conflict with the WP Google Maps plugin. I have another site that is experiencing this issue. It appears to be a conflict with MailPoet and iThemes Security.

When I deactivate MailPoet… all is good in the world. Bummer guys!

OK… thanks for your patience.

So, I cannot run iThemes Security along side with WP Google Maps plugins. When they are both running is when I have the problems. When I deactivate one (it doesn’t matter which one) the site dashboard is back to normal for people other than Administrators.

There must be some compatibility issues in regards to your two plugins and this website. It is weird because I have other sites with those two plugins running fine. Bizarre.

Sorry, I know that doesn’t help much.

I’ve tracked this back to another plugin. Not MailPoet or iThemes Security. Rather WP Google Maps – https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/settings-lowest-level-of-access-to-the-map-editor-access-denied/

I’m pretty sure iThemes is clear from this problem. Issue thread here – https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/settings-lowest-level-of-access-to-the-map-editor-access-denied/

Also, I disabled the iThemes Security plugin to ensure there is no conflict there. I also changed themes. The problem only arrises when I enable this plugin. ??

Whelp…. to circle back around…. I can say (for sure) that this plugin is the cause of the back-end of WordPress getting all janky. It did take me some time to drill down as I thought it was other plugins.

Thanks @total14. I saw your work-around and may have to resort to that. I am still trying to get to the bottom of this. It is also looking like it may have something to do with ModSecurity (modsec) in WHM. When I disabled my modsec rules, the site worked as it should. So, there may be something there that is causing the issue.

I have a similar issue that I am trying to get to the bottom of. See here – https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/403-forbidden-permission-issues/

Could this be related?

The error does not apply to Administrators. Only those with less access to the WP Dashboard.

Thanks for the help but I’ve come to the conclusion that your plugin is not the cause of this. It is either Jetpack or iThemes Security plugins. I will visit their support pages.

Thanks!

Also, I did try these plugins together on another site and they worked congruently without conflict.

I deactivated the iThemes Security plugin and cleaned up the htaccess file after I removed the plugin entirely. The Maps plugin worked. I then reinstalled the iThemes Security plugin and set it up from scratch. And the conflict came back. Here is a copy of my htaccess file…

# BEGIN iThemes Security - Do not modify or remove this line
# iThemes Security Config Details: 2
	# Enable HackRepair.com's blacklist feature - Security > Settings > Banned Users > Default Blacklist
	# Start HackRepair.com Blacklist
	RewriteEngine on
	# Start Abuse Agent Blocking
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Mozilla.*Indy" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Mozilla.*NEWT" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^$" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Maxthon$" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^SeaMonkey$" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Acunetix" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^binlar" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^BlackWidow" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Bolt 0" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^BOT for JCE" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Bot mailto\:craftbot@yahoo\.com" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^casper" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^checkprivacy" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^ChinaClaw" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^clshttp" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^cmsworldmap" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^comodo" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Custo" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Default Browser 0" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^diavol" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^DIIbot" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^DISCo" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^dotbot" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Download Demon" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^eCatch" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^EirGrabber" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^EmailCollector" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^EmailSiphon" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^EmailWolf" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Express WebPictures" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^extract" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^ExtractorPro" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^EyeNetIE" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^feedfinder" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^FHscan" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^FlashGet" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^flicky" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^g00g1e" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^GetRight" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^GetWeb\!" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Go\!Zilla" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Go\-Ahead\-Got\-It" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^grab" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^GrabNet" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Grafula" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^harvest" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^HMView" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^ia_archiver" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Image Stripper" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Image Sucker" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^InterGET" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Internet Ninja" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^InternetSeer\.com" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^jakarta" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Java" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^JetCar" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^JOC Web Spider" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^kanagawa" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^kmccrew" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^larbin" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^LeechFTP" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^libwww" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Mass Downloader" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^microsoft\.url" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^MIDown tool" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^miner" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Mister PiX" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^MSFrontPage" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Navroad" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^NearSite" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Net Vampire" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^NetAnts" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^NetSpider" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^NetZIP" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^nutch" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Octopus" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Offline Explorer" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Offline Navigator" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^PageGrabber" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Papa Foto" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^pavuk" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^pcBrowser" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^PeoplePal" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^planetwork" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^psbot" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^purebot" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^pycurl" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^RealDownload" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^ReGet" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Rippers 0" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^sitecheck\.internetseer\.com" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^SiteSnagger" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^skygrid" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^SmartDownload" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^sucker" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^SuperBot" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^SuperHTTP" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Surfbot" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^tAkeOut" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Teleport Pro" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Toata dragostea mea pentru diavola" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^turnit" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^vikspider" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^VoidEYE" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Web Image Collector" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Web Sucker" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^WebAuto" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^WebBandit" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^WebCopier" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^WebFetch" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^WebGo IS" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^WebLeacher" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^WebReaper" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^WebSauger" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Website eXtractor" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Website Quester" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^WebStripper" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^WebWhacker" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^WebZIP" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Wget" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Widow" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^WPScan" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^WWW\-Mechanize" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^WWWOFFLE" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Xaldon WebSpider" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Zeus" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^zmeu" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "360Spider" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "AhrefsBot" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "CazoodleBot" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "discobot" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "EasouSpider" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "ecxi" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "GT\:\:WWW" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "heritrix" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "HTTP\:\:Lite" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "HTTrack" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "ia_archiver" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "id\-search" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "IDBot" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "Indy Library" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "IRLbot" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "ISC Systems iRc Search 2\.1" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "LinksCrawler" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "LinksManager\.com_bot" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "linkwalker" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "lwp\-trivial" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "MFC_Tear_Sample" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "Microsoft URL Control" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "Missigua Locator" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "MJ12bot" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "panscient\.com" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "PECL\:\:HTTP" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "PHPCrawl" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "PleaseCrawl" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "SBIder" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "SearchmetricsBot" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "SeznamBot" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "Snoopy" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "Steeler" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "URI\:\:Fetch" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "urllib" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "Web Sucker" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "webalta" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "WebCollage" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "Wells Search II" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "WEP Search" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "XoviBot" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "YisouSpider" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "zermelo" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "ZyBorg" [NC,OR]
	# End Abuse Agent Blocking
	# Start Abuse HTTP Referrer Blocking
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} "^https?://(?:[^/]+\.)?semalt\.com" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} "^https?://(?:[^/]+\.)?kambasoft\.com" [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} "^https?://(?:[^/]+\.)?savetubevideo\.com" [NC]
	# End Abuse HTTP Referrer Blocking
	RewriteRule ^.* - [F,L]
	# End HackRepair.com Blacklist, https://pastebin.com/u/hackrepair
# END iThemes Security - Do not modify or remove this line

# 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

I do have the iThemes Security plugin installed and activated. When I deactivated that plugin, it did start working so that must be the conflict. I checked the plugin settings and did not see anything that would be causing the issue. I also checked the htaccess files and deactivated them and the problem persisted when the plugin was activated. The only way to avoid the error is to keep the iThemes Security plugin deactivated. I should have another site with a similar config that I can test with. I will follow-up with my findings ASAP.

I appreciate your help Jarryd!