Title: Duplicator conflict
Last modified: November 28, 2018

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# Duplicator conflict

 *  Resolved [Starhorsepax2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/starhorsepax2/)
 * (@starhorsepax2)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicator-conflict/)
 * Ok this is now officially ridiculous. First it won’t let me install in a subfolder
   using duplicator files without wordfence throwing a fit.
    Now it won’t let me
   install in the root without throwing fatal error. This is in the log. Fatal error
   just trying to load the installer file. [28-Nov-2018 15:14:25 UTC] PHP Fatal 
   error: Unknown: Failed opening required ‘/public_html/wordfence-waf.php’ (include_path
   =’.:/opt/cpanel/ea-php70/root/usr/share/pear’) in Unknown on line 0
 *  These are 2 common plugins and its a serious problem.
 * Please don’t close the ticket if I don’t get back right away. I’m having trouble
   getting the emails from wordpress telling me someone answered. But if I can’t
   even get this to work after totally killing wordfence due to that waf rule, I
   say something is wrong with it. Disabling the plugin let alone uninstalling should
   fix that!

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 *  [jonburr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonburr/)
 * (@jonburr)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicator-conflict/#post-10926369)
 * This article might help.
    [https://jbq.net/migrating-a-wordpress-site-if-wordfence-is-installed-using-duplicator-and-mamp/](https://jbq.net/migrating-a-wordpress-site-if-wordfence-is-installed-using-duplicator-and-mamp/)
 *  [wfdave](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfdave/)
 * (@wfdave)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicator-conflict/#post-10932978)
 * Hi [@starhorsepax2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/starhorsepax2/),
 * If you’re seeing this error message after trying to uninstall Wordfence,
 * `PHP Fatal error: Unknown: Failed opening required ‘/public_html/wordfence-waf.
   php’`
 * You’ll want to go into `php.ini` and remove the `auto_prepend_file = /public_html/
   wordfence-waf.php`.
 * Can you let me know if that fixes the errors?
 * Afterwards, you can reinstall Wordfence through WordPress and you should be all
   set!
 * Dave
 *  [wfdave](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfdave/)
 * (@wfdave)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicator-conflict/#post-11005889)
 * Hi again!
 * We haven’t heard back from you in a while, so I’ve gone ahead and marked this
   thread as resolved.
 * Please feel free to open another thread if you’re still having issues with Wordfence.
 * Thanks!

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 * Last reply from: [wfdave](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfdave/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicator-conflict/#post-11005889)
 * Status: resolved