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1. breathem
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Hello,

   I just installed BackUpWordPress and got the following error msg:

   BackUpWordPress has detected a problem. wp-cron.php is returning a 406 response which could mean cron jobs aren't getting fired properly. BackUpWordPress relies on wp-cron to run back ups in a separate process.

   Help!

   Thanks,

   Bridget

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backupwordpress/

2. yigaler
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   I got the same error right now, after installing BackUpWordPress.

   Can someone advise, regarding this error ?

   Thanks

3. Tom Willmot
   Human Made
   Plugin Author
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   The issue is that your wp-cron.php is not returning a 200 response when hit with a http request originating from your own server, it could be several things, all of which are out of my control.

   Some things I would test are.

   1. Are scheduled posts working? (They use wp-cron too).
   2. Are you hosted on Heart Internet? (wp-cron is known not to work with heart internet).
   3. If you click manual backup does it work?
   4. Try adding define( 'HMBKP_DISABLE_MANUAL_BACKUP_CRON', true ); to your wp-config.php, does your manual backup work then?
   5. Try adding define( 'ALTERNATE_WP_CRON', true ); to you wp-config.php, do backups (manual and automatic) work?
   6. Is your site private (I.E is it behind some kind of authentication, maintenance plugin, .htaccess) if so wp-cron won't work until you remove it, if you are and you temporarily remove the authentication, do backups start working?

4. jumpinsteph
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Hi,

   I have the same error.
   "BackUpWordPress has detected a problem. wp-cron.php is returning a 406 response which could mean cron jobs aren't getting fired properly. BackUpWordPress relies on wp-cron to run scheduled back ups."

   I tested all the things you said.

   The manual back-ups are working when I click it.
   I got the email with the zipped file.

   I try to add "define( 'ALTERNATE_WP_CRON', true );" to my wp-config.php, the manual back up still working but not the automatic one.

   I have the Version 1.6.5 of the plugin and WordPress 3.3.1
   Is there something else I can try ?
   Thank you
   Steph

5. jumpinsteph
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Hi,

   It works now.
   I add these lines on my .htaccess :

   <IfModule mod_security.c>
   SecFilterEngine Off
   SecFilterScanPOST Off
   </IfModule>

6. Tom Willmot
   Human Made
   Plugin Author
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Thanks for reporting back with your fix, any idea why you had to do that?

   I'll add it to the FAQ

7. jumpinsteph
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Sorry for my late answer...

   I don't really have an idea, I've made a search in the support and found this : http://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cronphp-error-406?replies=2

   I tried, and it is working perfectly. Maybe it's because of the host and some security stuff. It's better so to add an .htaccess and .htpasswd to /wp-admin/

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