Title: Theme editor is blocked
Last modified: March 14, 2019

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# Theme editor is blocked

 *  Resolved [fjordkommission](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fjordkommission/)
 * (@fjordkommission)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-editor-is-blocked/)
 * Hi,
 * I frequently use the Theme Editor feature (under “Appearance”) to edit the PHP
   files in my child theme.
 * However, with WP Cerber enabled, I cannot save my changes because the loopback
   request to the WordPress plausability check is blocked.
 * Is there another way to allow this than to whitelist the webserver’s own IP?
 * Cheers,
    Sascha

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 *  Plugin Author [gioni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gioni/)
 * (@gioni)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-editor-is-blocked/#post-11318550)
 * Hi!
 * Normally the plugin doesn’t block Theme Editor.
 * When the plugin blocks a request, it writes detailed information to the Activity
   log. So when those blocks occur, go to the Activity tab, find your IP address,
   check the Events logged. You’ll see the reason.
 *  Thread Starter [fjordkommission](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fjordkommission/)
 * (@fjordkommission)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-editor-is-blocked/#post-11325246)
 * Unfortunately the activity tab does not give a reason WHY it considered the access
   to the theme file a malicious request. Here’s what it says for the respective
   timestamp:
 * 176.9.89.148 host76.checkdomain.de 14. März 2019, 11:22
    Malicious request denied
   IP blacklisted URL: hundebetten.shop/
 * The IP address is the web server’s own address. After I whitelisted it I could
   edit the file as usual.
 *  Plugin Author [gioni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gioni/)
 * (@gioni)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-editor-is-blocked/#post-11325359)
 * It clearly tells: “IP blacklisted”. That means that the IP address was in the
   Black IP Access List at that moment.
 *  Thread Starter [fjordkommission](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fjordkommission/)
 * (@fjordkommission)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-editor-is-blocked/#post-11325365)
 * OK, I thought that blacklisting was the consequence, not the cause…

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 * Last activity: [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-editor-is-blocked/#post-11325365)
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