Title: [Plugin: Better WP Security] 'Deny from ' added to .htaccess
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Better WP Security] 'Deny from ' added to .htaccess

 *  Resolved [shawmutsteve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shawmutsteve/)
 * (@shawmutsteve)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-better-wp-security-internal-server-error/)
 * Overnight – a line of ‘Deny from ‘ was added to .htaccess.
 * No one can access the site – obviously. Using Better WP Security 3.2.5. And curiously,
   this is the second time this has happened.
 * I’ve fixed the .htaccess, and the site is fine now. But how is this happening?
 * See full Better WP Security section here:
 *     ```
       # BEGIN Better WP Security
       Options All -Indexes
   
       Order allow,deny
       Allow from all
       Deny from
       Deny from 80.58.205.44
       Deny from 80.33.195.34
   
       <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
       RewriteEngine On
   
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(TRACE|DELETE|TRACK) [NC]
       RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [F,L]
   
       </IfModule>
   
       # END Better WP Security
       ```
   
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/better-wp-security/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/better-wp-security/)

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 *  [Bit51 (part of the iThemes family)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bit51/)
 * (@bit51)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-better-wp-security-internal-server-error/#post-2780384)
 * The issue was fixed in 3.2.6

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## Tags

 * ["internal server error"](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/internal-server-error/)
 * [htaccess](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/htaccess/)

 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Bit51 (part of the iThemes family)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bit51/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-better-wp-security-internal-server-error/#post-2780384)
 * Status: resolved