Title: BPS – plugin HEAD Request Method filter problem detected
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# BPS – plugin HEAD Request Method filter problem detected

 *  [Phil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pjayo/)
 * (@pjayo)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bps-plugin-head-request-method-filter-problem-detected/)
 * Hello, my BLC version is v1.8.3
 * I am using the BPS plugin
    [http://wordpress.org/plugins/bulletproof-security/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/bulletproof-security/)
 * On upgrading to the latest version 49.1 ….
    I get an error message from BPS
 * **“Broken Link Checker plugin HEAD Request Method filter problem detected”**
 * and an advisory to do this
    [http://forum.ait-pro.com/forums/topic/broken-link-checker-plugin-403-error/](http://forum.ait-pro.com/forums/topic/broken-link-checker-plugin-403-error/)
 * # REQUEST METHODS FILTERED
    # This filter is for blocking junk bots and spam 
   bots from making a HEAD request, but may also block some # HEAD request from 
   bots that you want to allow in certains cases. This is not a security filter 
   and is just # a nuisance filter. This filter will not block any important bots
   like the google bot. If you want to allow # all bots to make a HEAD request then
   remove HEAD from the Request Method filter. # The TRACE, DELETE, TRACK and DEBUG
   request methods should never be allowed against your website. RewriteEngine On
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(TRACE|DELETE|TRACK|DEBUG) [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)
   $ – [F,L]
 * ==================
 * 1) have you seen this before, any impact for BLC ? Will it still work ?
    2) what
   do you think of the advisory – make the change ?
 * many thanks
    Phil
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker/)

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 *  [AITpro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aitpro/)
 * (@aitpro)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bps-plugin-head-request-method-filter-problem-detected/#post-4114414)
 * BLC has a fallback if HEAD Requests are blocked so this is more a nuisance factor
   issue and does not affect BLC either way.

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bps-plugin-head-request-method-filter-problem-detected/#post-4114414)
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