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# alextech

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 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Wordfence Security - Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security] MyRepono Back-ups](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/myrepono-back-ups/)
 *  Thread Starter [alextech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alextech/)
 * (@alextech)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/myrepono-back-ups/#post-8235407)
 * Thanks wflandon! Actually what worked was Whitelisting MyRepono’s IP on 3 places–
   one on the Wordfence Firewall page and twice on the Options page.
    It seemed 
   like all 3 were necessary.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Wordfence Security - Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security] Can't restore files using MyRepono](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-restore-files-using-myrepono/)
 *  Thread Starter [alextech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alextech/)
 * (@alextech)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-restore-files-using-myrepono/#post-7501651)
 * Will do. Thanks!
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Wordfence Security - Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security] Can't restore files using MyRepono](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-restore-files-using-myrepono/)
 *  Thread Starter [alextech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alextech/)
 * (@alextech)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-restore-files-using-myrepono/#post-7501649)
 * Thanks for taking the time to address this. I earlier added the whitelist ip 
   but it didn’t seem to make a difference. The one thing that clearly made a difference
   was this .php file which I got from MyRepono and added to the folder containing
   the MyRepono API:
 * <?PHP
 * $api_myrepono_https = “0”;
    // Connections use HTTPS protocol (1 = Yes, 2 = Critical
   Only, 0 = No).
 * $api_force_curl = “1”;
    // Force usage of CURL extension if allow_url_fopen not‘
   on’.
 * If it helps, originally line 6 had a “0” and that did not work – but changing
   it to “1” made it work. I have no idea what any of that code means, maybe it 
   can tell you something about the problem.
 * I tested this by staring a restore session and when the “Restoration Failed” 
   messages started appearing, I used ftp to up-load it and there were no more failed
   messages. Then, when everything else was restored, I could restore the previously
   failed files.
 * So…for the moment I’m OK – if a restoration fails, I’ll use ftp to back up the
   files and MyRepono to restore the database. In a pinch I can manually upload 
   the database, but it’s very time consuming.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Wordfence Security - Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security] Can't restore files using MyRepono](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-restore-files-using-myrepono/)
 *  Thread Starter [alextech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alextech/)
 * (@alextech)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-restore-files-using-myrepono/#post-7501603)
 * I guess that’s true.
 * I couldn’t find any error logs on any of the sites – the field’s were completely
   blank.
 * This is what MyRepono had to say: Your restoration for ‘marjoriebarstow.com’ 
   began correctly but it appears the connections to your API began to fail, this
   may have occurred if your hosting provider is using a firewall which has blocked
   the connections due to what they consider to be an excessive number of connections
 * They suggested whitelisting their IP.
 * The people at my hosting company said they had lots of customers with back-up
   services (Back-up Buddy was one) having trouble with the WordFence firewall and
   suggested disabling the firewall before restoring and temporarily changing the.
   htaccess name
 * Right now, restoring the data bases seems to work and so I plan on just doing
   a manual ftp upload of the files and using MyRepono just for the databases.
 * I do wonder if there is anything Wordfence is doing to address the basic problem.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Wordfence Security - Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security] Can't restore files using MyRepono](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-restore-files-using-myrepono/)
 *  Thread Starter [alextech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alextech/)
 * (@alextech)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-restore-files-using-myrepono/#post-7501448)
 * Was also told to install a .php file in the folder with the MyRepono API:
 * <?PHP
 * $api_myrepono_https = “0”;
    // Connections use HTTPS protocol (1 = Yes, 2 = Critical
   Only, 0 = No).
 * $api_force_curl = “1”;
    // Force usage of CURL extension if allow_url_fopen not‘
   on’.
 * Seems to work on some sites, but not others.
 * ?>
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Wordfence Security - Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security] Can't restore files using MyRepono](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-restore-files-using-myrepono/)
 *  Thread Starter [alextech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alextech/)
 * (@alextech)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-restore-files-using-myrepono/#post-7501446)
 * I didn’t try disabling the plug-in – just the firewall, which didn’t help.
 * I’ll try the whole plug-in, but if the site is completely down and has to be 
   restored, I wouldn’t be able to do that I think.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Wordfence Security - Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security] Just installed the Firewall and now nothing shows on pages](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-just-installed-the-firewall-and-now-nothing-shows-on-pages/)
 *  [alextech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alextech/)
 * (@alextech)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-just-installed-the-firewall-and-now-nothing-shows-on-pages/page/2/#post-7266519)
 * I’ve had the same problem with MyRepono restoraton – all database tries now come
   back with an error message. I’ve tried disabling the firewall, but that doesn’t
   help. Plus I couldn’t disable the firewall on a site that’s totally down. And
   I don’t see any way to delete the firewall short of deleting the entire plug-
   in.
 * Surely WordFence can come up with a solution to this problem – a lot of people
   use external back-up programs.

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