Title: [Plugin: Better WP Security] [an error occurred while processing this directive]
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Better WP Security] [an error occurred while processing this directive]

 *  [fpats](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fpats/)
 * (@fpats)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-better-wp-security-an-error-occurred-while-processing-this-directive/)
 * Hi, i’ve just installed and my site has gone down.
    all i get when trying to 
   view it is [an error occurred while processing this directive]
 * Please help! thanks.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/better-wp-security/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/better-wp-security/)

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 *  [The Hack Repair Guy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tvcnet/)
 * (@tvcnet)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-better-wp-security-an-error-occurred-while-processing-this-directive/#post-3090837)
 * May occur due to incompatibility with a plugin or some junk in your .htaccess
   file conflicting.
 * Try FTP or File Manager to your website, then move the better-wp-security directory
   out of your plugins folder.
 *  Thread Starter [fpats](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fpats/)
 * (@fpats)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-better-wp-security-an-error-occurred-while-processing-this-directive/#post-3090843)
 * thanks, that worked.
 * guess i’ll have to find a different security plugin 🙁
 *  [The Hack Repair Guy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tvcnet/)
 * (@tvcnet)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-better-wp-security-an-error-occurred-while-processing-this-directive/#post-3090856)
 * My pleasure. You could always buy me a cup of coffee if I was helpful. 🙂

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 * [Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection](https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/)
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 * Last reply from: [The Hack Repair Guy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tvcnet/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-better-wp-security-an-error-occurred-while-processing-this-directive/#post-3090856)
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