Slow load time and hatches error (plugins)

I assume this is a BPS Pro question since BPS free does not come with an .htaccess file for the /plugins/ folder. For future reference please post BPS Pro questions in the BPS Pro forum site here: http://forum.ait-pro.com/forums/forum/bulletproof-security-pro/#new-post

Sounds like one or more of the “Allow from” directives is missing something ie your domain/host name or server ip address- see example code below. I do not believe that would impact website page load speeds/performance, but it is possible. Please contact me directly via the contact form here: http://www.ait-pro.com/contact/ to continue troubleshooting this.

Note: The Plugin Firewall code has been changed in the next BPS Pro version to all mod_rewrite htaccess code. We have also created forward|backward compatibility htaccess code for mod_compat and the newer mod_authz_core module throughout the rest of all of BPS htaccess files.

Example:

Order Allow,Deny
Allow from env=whitelist
Allow from aitpro-blog.local
Allow from 127.0.0.1
# BEGIN PUBLIC IP
Allow from 127.0.0.1
# END PUBLIC IP