Title: WordPress editor blocked
Last modified: November 11, 2016

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# WordPress editor blocked

 *  Resolved [wsoftware](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wsoftware/)
 * (@wsoftware)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-editor-blocked/)
 * When I did a update to your latest version 5.5.4 (from 5.4.3) I discovered that
   I can’t save the child theme css through the Editor. See the audit trail below.
 * I tried to disable the firewall rule “Block SQL Querys” but that did not help.
   Beside that rule I only have the rules “Block catalogtraverse” and “Block field
   trancation attacks”. I saw a option on the Whitelist page that you can allow 
   administrators, is that the correct way to go or is there some other solution?
 * **Audit trail error message: (in swedish)**
 * _Sidans parametrar misslyckades brandvägg kontroll. Felande parametrar var newcontent
   med en värde av /* Theme Name: Parabola child Description: Author: Peter Wallman
   Template: parabola (optional values you can add: Theme URI, Author URI, Version)*/
   [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/) url(“../parabola/style.
   css”); /* Större text i topmenu */ .topmenu { font-size: 14px; } /* Engelsk ikon
   i toppmeny */ .topmenu ul li a:before { content: url(/wp-content/uploads/english-
   flag-20px.png); border: 0; } /* Ej “uppercase” i rubriken. */ #site-title a {
   text-transform: none; font-weight: normal; } /* Bredare menyboxar */ #access 
   a span { padding: 7px 16px; } /* Döljer temats credit-line */ #footer2 nav+div{
   display: none; } /* Centrerar min credit-line */ #myCredit { text-align: center;
   float: none; clear: both; margin: 5px auto 0; } /* Fet stil på Captcha-text */.
   cptch\_block label { font-weight: bold; } /* Större knapp på kontaktformuläret*/.
   ufo-cell-center button { width: 100px; height: 30px; font-weight: bold; }. Brandvägg
   trigg: Directory Traversal Brandvägg block svarar: Besökare kopplingen dödades
   med wp\_die() och ett meddelande._

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 *  Plugin Author [Paul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paultgoodchild/)
 * (@paultgoodchild)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-editor-blocked/#post-8423085)
 * It’s triggering “Directory Traversal” judging from the audit trail, so you can
   either temporarily uncheck that option, or enable administrator white list. I’d
   go with the first.
 * But honestly, best practices wouldn’t see you edit directly on the site like 
   that, but instead make the edit and upload it.
 * Hope that helps.
 *  Thread Starter [wsoftware](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wsoftware/)
 * (@wsoftware)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-editor-blocked/#post-8423115)
 * Ah, sorry. Now I see it, didn’t read the whole message appently =)
 * I like to keep it simple with WordPress css editing and have not always a FTP
   client in reach. I guess a lot of people do the same through the editor. To disable
   and enable that rule every time sounds to much work so I will go with the administrator
   white list. Any obvious downside with that you know about?
 *  Plugin Author [Paul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paultgoodchild/)
 * (@paultgoodchild)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-editor-blocked/#post-8423141)
 * It just means that something _could_ get missed somehow. But if you’re careful,
   you should probably be fine.

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 * [editor](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/editor/)

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 * Last reply from: [Paul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paultgoodchild/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-editor-blocked/#post-8423141)
 * Status: resolved