Title: BackupBuddy HTTP Loopbacks Issue
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# BackupBuddy HTTP Loopbacks Issue

 *  Resolved [hptrimtv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hptrimtv/)
 * (@hptrimtv)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupbuddy-http-loopbacks-issue/)
 * I am a paid member of WordFence.com but cant login to their website to raise 
   this issue as a support call so raising it here.
 * BackupBuddy Server Tools reports an issue that “HTTP Loopbacks” is not enabled.
   Closer examination of the BackupBuddy Logs suggest that it is a WordFence Issue.
 * BackupBuddy tests loopback connections by connecting back to site at the URL:`
   http://hptrim.tv/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php`. It should display simply “0” or “-
   1” in the body.
 * However, this is the error in the log file: –
 * *************************************************
    Connected to server but unexpected
   output: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN"> <html><head> <title
   >Your access to this site has been limited</title> </head><body> <h1>Your access
   to this site has been limited</h1> <p>Your access to this service has been temporarily
   limited. Please try again in a few minutes. (HTTP response code 503)</p> <p>Reason:
   <span style="color: #F00;">Access from your area has been temporarily limited
   for security reasons</span></p> <p style="width: 600px;"><b>Important note for
   site admins: </b>If you are the administrator of this website note that your 
   access has been limited because you broke one of the Wordfence firewall rules.
   The reason you access was limited is: <b>"Access from your area has been temporarily
   limited for security reasons"</b>.
 * If this is a false positive, meaning that your access to your own site has been
   limited incorrectly, then you
    will need to regain access to your site, go to
   the Wordfence "options" page, go to the section for Firewall Rules and disable
   the rule that caused you to be blocked. For example, if you were blocked because
   it was detected that you are a fake Google crawler, then disable the rule that
   blocks fake google crawlers. Or if you were blocked because you were accessing
   your site too quickly, then increase the number of accesses allowed per minute.
 * If you’re still having trouble, then simply disable the Wordfence firewall and
   you will
    still benefit from the other security features that Wordfence provides.
 * If you are a site administrator and have been accidentally locked out, please
   enter your email in the box below and click "Send". If the email address you 
   enter belongs to a known site administrator or someone set to receive Wordfence
   alerts, we will send you an email to help you regain access. Please read our 
   FAQ if this does not work.
 * <form method="POST" action="[http://hptrim.tv/?_wfsf=unlockEmail"&gt](http://hptrim.tv/?_wfsf=unlockEmail"&gt);
   
   <input type="hidden" name="nonce" value="21beb38cc4" /> <input type="text" size
   ="50" name="email" value="" maxlength="255" /> <input type="submit" name="s" 
   value="Send me an unlock email" /> </form>
 * </p>
    <address>This response was generated by Wordfence.</address> </body></html
   > *************************************************
 * If I type `http://hptrim.tv/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php` in the address bar of my
   browser it returns 0 as expected. Also I do not have this issue with BackupBuddy
   on a site that does not have WordFence installed.
 * Please can someone help to resolve this issue.
 * Kevin
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/)

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 *  [WFSupport](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfsupport/)
 * (@wfsupport)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupbuddy-http-loopbacks-issue/#post-5375736)
 * I’ll be testing this shortly and getting back to you. Can you email me your options
   for wordfence and backup buddy to tim [at] wordfence.com (obscure any sensitive
   settings, of course)
 * tim
 *  [WFSupport](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfsupport/)
 * (@wfsupport)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupbuddy-http-loopbacks-issue/#post-5375743)
 * Hey
 * Can you do me a favor and link me to the BackupBuddy plugin? For some reason 
   I can’t find it in the wordpress repo. I’m sure I’m not looking for right name
   or something but I couldn’t find it searching for “BackupBuddy”
 * tim
 *  Thread Starter [hptrimtv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hptrimtv/)
 * (@hptrimtv)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupbuddy-http-loopbacks-issue/#post-5375744)
 * This issue has been resolved.
 * The geo identifier database used by WordFence was blocking my server IP address
   believing it to be from one of my blocked countries (Japan).

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 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [hptrimtv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hptrimtv/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupbuddy-http-loopbacks-issue/#post-5375744)
 * Status: resolved