“Unable to make changes to the .htaccess file”

Hello @studiokoen and thanks for reaching out to us!

If you could, can you send a diagnostic report to wftest @ wordfence . com? You can find the link to do so at the top of the Wordfence Tools > Diagnostics page. Then click on “Send Report by Email”. Please add your forum username where indicated and respond here after you have sent it.

I will be able to see exactly what we need to do to finish your firewall setup.

Thanks!

Thanks for sending that @studiokoen

Looks like your Server API is CGI/FastCGI. If you could use FTP or a file manager to access your htaccess file in the root directory and make sure this code is inputted:

# Wordfence WAF
<Files ".user.ini">
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
    Require all denied
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all
</IfModule>
</Files>
# END Wordfence WAF

Then also, in the same directory, edit your user.ini file with this code:

; Wordfence WAF
auto_prepend_file = '/var/www/vhosts/robstoop.nl/httpdocs/wordfence-waf.php'
; END Wordfence WAF

Once you have this code in place, your firewall should be optimized. If you visit your Wordfence > Firewall page, you should see 84% (which is the max a free customer can reach).

Let me know if you have any questions!

Thanks!

Make sure you don’t have any files hidden. If the user.ini doesn’t exist in your root directory, you can create one and add the code above.

I wasn’t able to locate your screenshot in our inbox. If you can resend it with your forum username as the subject, I will try to find it again.

Thanks!