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 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall] Access denied error for appearance customization (additional CSS)](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/access-denied-error-for-appearance-customization-additional-css/)
 *  Thread Starter [a2d2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a2d2/)
 * (@a2d2)
 * [1 year, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/access-denied-error-for-appearance-customization-additional-css/#post-17954699)
 * Thank you for your reply. I deleted AIOS and then reinstalled. I could not recreate
   the “_You need a higher level of permission. Sorry, you are not allowed to customise
   this site_” problem.
 * I then imported all my settings and immediately got the “_You do not have permission
   to access this page. Please log in and try again._” error.
 * On logging back in I saw that all my settings had been imported so I tried to
   recreate the problem with the custom CSS but I could not.
 * In response to the above here are the AIOS settings that I have been using:
    1. REST API – already unchecked
    2. DENY BAD QUERY STRING – already unchecked
    3. ADVANCED CHAR FILTER – already unchecked
    4. 5G FIREWALL RULES – already unchecked
    5. 6G FIREWALL RULES – already enabled
    6. BAN POST REQUESTS – already enabled
 * Also:
    - Yes, force logout is enabled
    - Yes, Salt postfix is enabled
 * If the problem recurs, it seems like I have 3 things to manipulate: (1) REST 
   API; (2) force logout; (3) Salt postfix. Otherwise, perhaps a reinstall helped?
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall] Access denied error for appearance customization (additional CSS)](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/access-denied-error-for-appearance-customization-additional-css/)
 *  Thread Starter [a2d2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a2d2/)
 * (@a2d2)
 * [1 year, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/access-denied-error-for-appearance-customization-additional-css/#post-17953038)
 * Further to above, the theme editor in WordPress had been disabled so when I wanted
   to edit the theme’s functions.php file I navigated to the file from cPanel > 
   File Manager and then edited.
 * I wanted to disable the automatic scaling of images in WordPress and the edit
   worked. But by doing this did I unknowingly cause some conflict in the file permissions
   or corrupt the .htaccess file??

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