Title: Cannot load Wordfence
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Cannot load Wordfence

 *  Resolved [mrspez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrspez/)
 * (@mrspez)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-load-wordfence/)
 * Version 6.0.15
 * Wordfence admin UI is not showing at all when I log into wp-admin. There is nothing
   in the navigation and all links to Wordfence UI result in a message that looks
   like “Cannot load <Wordfence Item>”.
 * I tried uninstalling and re-installing the plug-in. That didn’t work.
    This is
   a problem. Please help.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/)

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 *  Plugin Author [WFMattR](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfmattr/)
 * (@wfmattr)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-load-wordfence/#post-6418229)
 * Did you have Wordfence installed and working on this site for a while previously?
   And if so, when was the last time that you know it was working?
 * Sometimes similar problems happen because of conflicts with other plugins or 
   themes. If you are able to disable other plugins temporarily, and see if the 
   Wordfence menu comes back then, that could help narrow down the issue.
 * If you recently updated your theme files, temporarily changing themes may help
   too — just to test if that is causing a conflict — but I know some themes (usually
   older themes) lose some settings when they’re deactivated, so you might not want
   to try that.
 *  Thread Starter [mrspez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrspez/)
 * (@mrspez)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-load-wordfence/#post-6418234)
 * Yes, Wordfence was installed and working for over a year now. The last time I
   saw it working was probably 2 – 4 months ago. Other than upgrading plug-ins and
   changing an occasional Wordfence setting, I have not made changes to this website
   in over 8 months.
 * The only other plug-ins I have installed are Ninja Forms, Metaslider and Akismet.
   I tried deactivating all of them and that didn’t change anything.
 * I also installed Twenty Fifteen (theme) and activated it. That did not change
   anything either.
 * Any other ideas?
 *  Plugin Author [WFMattR](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfmattr/)
 * (@wfmattr)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-load-wordfence/#post-6418236)
 * Ok, so if you try to go directly to one of these URLs for your site (while already
   logged in as admin), is that when you get the error message? Or from clicking
   links in previous Wordfence emails from your site?
 *     ```
       yoursite.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=Wordfence
       yoursite.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=WordfenceSecOpt
       ```
   
 * Can you also post a screenshot of the error? (You can blank out any information
   like the site URL, etc.) Sometimes the look and context of the message will help.
 * It might also be possible that your host has made a change that is causing the
   problem. Some hosts disable plugins that use a lot of memory (even if it’s for
   a daily scan!), others block certain URL or content patterns, but could be overly
   aggressive in what they block.

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 * Last reply from: [WFMattR](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfmattr/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-load-wordfence/#post-6418236)
 * Status: resolved