Title: Firewall blocks editing users
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Firewall blocks editing users

 *  Resolved [Jack C](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jack-c/)
 * (@jack-c)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-blocks-editing-users/)
 * Hello,
 * I’m using WordPress Simple Firewall version 4.1.2, with WP 4.0, on a multisite
   install.
 * Whenever I try to edit a user the firewall blocks me :
 *     ```
       WordPress Simple Firewall has blocked a page visit to your site.
       Log details for this visitor are below:
       - IP Address: XXX
       - Page parameter failed firewall check. The offending parameter was "_wp_http_referer" with a value of "/wp-admin/network/user-edit.php?user_id=XXX&wp_http_referer=%2Fwp-admin%2Fnetwork%2Fusers.php".
       - Firewall Trigger: WordPress Terms.
       - Firewall Block Response: Visitor connection was killed with wp_die() and a message.
       You can look up the offending IP Address here: http://ip-lookup.net/?ip=XXX
       ```
   
 * I can work around this by whitelisting my IP, but wondering if this is expected
   behaviour ?
 * Thanks,
    Jack
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-simple-firewall/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-simple-firewall/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Paul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paultgoodchild/)
 * (@paultgoodchild)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-blocks-editing-users/#post-5466312)
 * Hi Jack,
 * Currently yes, but I’ve actually tweaked this to be a little better and will 
   come through in the next release.
 * To get around it temporarily, you can check the option to ignore logged-in Administrators.
 * thanks!
    Paul.
 *  Thread Starter [Jack C](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jack-c/)
 * (@jack-c)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-blocks-editing-users/#post-5466401)
 * OK, thanks for the info!
 * Cheers,
    Jack

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 * Last reply from: [Jack C](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jack-c/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-blocks-editing-users/#post-5466401)
 * Status: resolved