Title: wp-cron.php error 406
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# wp-cron.php error 406

 *  Resolved [steven_stern](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steven_stern/)
 * (@steven_stern)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cronphp-error-406/)
 * Using 2.1.2, I find numerous entries in my httpd access_log of the form
 * 1.2.3.4 – – [19/Mar/2007:01:39:45 -0500] “GET /wp-cron.php?check=xxxxxxxxxx HTTP/
   1.0” 406 342 “-” “-“
 * There were 74,000 such entries last week. The IP address is the IP address of
   my own server. Why is WP calling itself 74000 times a week? And why is it creating
   an 406 (Not Acceptable) error each time?

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 *  Thread Starter [steven_stern](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steven_stern/)
 * (@steven_stern)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cronphp-error-406/#post-540506)
 * The problem was mod_security. I added stuff to .htaccess that disabled mod_security
   for wordpress:
 * <IfModule mod_security.c>
    SecFilterEngine Off SecFilterScanPOST Off </IfModule
   >

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