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## Forum Replies Created

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 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Background Request Blocked](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-request-blocked/)
 *  [theevent](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theevent/)
 * (@theevent)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-request-blocked/#post-7429713)
 * I’m getting the same ‘Background Request Blocked’ message while trying to update
   sidebar widgets with new ad code. Clicking the ‘Whitelist’ button does nothing.
   I’m also unable to delete widgets that contains ad code.
 * I don’t want to uninstall Wordfence, but I need to update my ads. Does anyone
   have any idea what I can disable in Wordfence settings so I can update my ads??
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Why WordPress remains offline these days](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-wordpress-remains-offline-these-days/)
 *  [theevent](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theevent/)
 * (@theevent)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-wordpress-remains-offline-these-days/#post-6447654)
 * Your URLs are formatted wrong.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/)
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/)
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [WordPress Admin PHP FastCGI 502 Bad Gateway Errors](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-admin-php-fastcgi-502-bad-gateway-errors/)
 *  Thread Starter [theevent](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theevent/)
 * (@theevent)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-admin-php-fastcgi-502-bad-gateway-errors/page/2/#post-5557120)
 * James, I was just sitting down to do a reinstall. I popped in my account at MT
   to backup the database when I saw that I had a reply… after WEEKS of trying to
   get them to acknowledge the problem was on their end… they finally did! Being
   a brand new customer to Media Temple I’m not so sure how I feel about all of 
   this now. If the reinstall hadn’t worked today I was ready to move my site elsewhere.
   We’ll see how it goes for the next couple of weeks. I’m not too happy with a 
   host that is so quick to blame server problems on customers. I have not actually
   tested the website yet, so…. *fingers crossed*
 * Thanks again so much for all of your help. You’re the only one who stuck by me
   during this and let me vent. haha 🙂 You’re doing good work here James, and I
   really appreciate it! 🙂
 * ~ Laurie
    ————————————————————— The issue you have reported has been identified
   by (mt) Media Temple as possibly being part of a wider problem affecting more
   than one customer. An internal incident (INC# 4007) has been opened to track 
   the issue and to provide you collective updates as progress is made toward a 
   resolution. ————————————————————— This issue was directly related to a networking
   issue found with 2 primary core routers in our LAX datacenter. Our (mt) engineers
   were able to resolve this issue and all services appear to be functioning as 
   expected. —————————————————————
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [WordPress Admin PHP FastCGI 502 Bad Gateway Errors](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-admin-php-fastcgi-502-bad-gateway-errors/)
 *  Thread Starter [theevent](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theevent/)
 * (@theevent)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-admin-php-fastcgi-502-bad-gateway-errors/page/2/#post-5557113)
 * I stand corrected. My issue is NOT resolved.
 * I got three 502s within 10 minutes of attempting to post this morning.
 * Click on Dashboard tab in admin area – 502
    Trash test post – 502 Post new article–
   502
 * This is ridiculous…
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [WordPress Admin PHP FastCGI 502 Bad Gateway Errors](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-admin-php-fastcgi-502-bad-gateway-errors/)
 *  Thread Starter [theevent](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theevent/)
 * (@theevent)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-admin-php-fastcgi-502-bad-gateway-errors/page/2/#post-5557106)
 * My issue appears to have been resolved, as well. I’m getting ready to resume 
   daily posting, so fingers crossed, we’ll see how it goes!
 * To solve my problem they moved my database and php to one of their dedicated 
   SQL grid containers. My site is quite large and I do get a good amount of traffic,
   so apparently my database wasn’t getting enough resources.
 * I do find it odd that our unrelated problems were triggering errors in their 
   proprietary mod_security. Very weird. And yes, it made tracking down the source
   of the problem a lot more difficult.
 * The tech who was working with me was excellent and did a great job. Ultimately,
   if posting goes well today, I’ll still be happy with my move over to Media Temple.
   On my old host my website took roughly 13 seconds to load, but now with the combination
   of MT Grid, W3TC + Cloudflare + MaxCDN the site loads in under 2 seconds. I’m
   still not done tweaking, and I’m confident I can get it under 1 second.
 * Thanks again for your input, James. I’m glad to hear others were able to resolve
   their issues, as well. I have a feeling this thread helped to move them along.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [WordPress Admin PHP FastCGI 502 Bad Gateway Errors](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-admin-php-fastcgi-502-bad-gateway-errors/)
 *  Thread Starter [theevent](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theevent/)
 * (@theevent)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-admin-php-fastcgi-502-bad-gateway-errors/#post-5557092)
 * Two more calls today and still not resolved…
 * @fyaconieelo The tech I was working with today has a link to this thread, and
   I made sure to let them know that you’re having the same issue. Has anything 
   been resolved on your end?
 * Last time I called they offered to turn off their custom wpbrute.config. But 
   for some reason, today they cannot.
 * I have a news website and if I can’t post the news, people look elsewhere. I 
   usually get around 30,000 page views a day… so far today 3500!!
 * fyaconieelo, please keep me updated on your situation and I will do the same.
 * Thanks!
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Admin (attempting) redirect to HTTPS](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-attempting-redirect-to-https/)
 *  [theevent](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theevent/)
 * (@theevent)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-attempting-redirect-to-https/#post-4983285)
 * Hi Bet,
 * Thanks so much for taking the time to reply.
 * I started a new thread yesterday afternoon:
 * [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-admin-php-fastcgi-502-bad-gateway-errors?replies=8#post-6310552](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-admin-php-fastcgi-502-bad-gateway-errors?replies=8#post-6310552)
 * It appears that it’s a server configuration problem. Last time I called they 
   told me the problem was on my end. It would appear that’s not the case, so I 
   will be trying to get it sorted today. The last time I called they offered to
   turn off their “wpbrute.conf”, but did not recommend it. I will ask them to do
   this today and perhaps that will rectify the problem and I will implement my 
   own additional security measures.
 * I will come back and report on what fixed my problem in case others find this
   thread in the future, as it sounds like a few of us have experienced this.
 * I appreciate your reply. Thanks!
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [WordPress Admin PHP FastCGI 502 Bad Gateway Errors](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-admin-php-fastcgi-502-bad-gateway-errors/)
 *  Thread Starter [theevent](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theevent/)
 * (@theevent)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-admin-php-fastcgi-502-bad-gateway-errors/#post-5556994)
 * Thank you so much, James! You have confirmed my suspicion. I always do pretty
   thorough troubleshooting before I call tech support to ensure it is not an issue
   on my end, but this one had me stumped. There were a couple of things said by
   the tech that made me think he was not the person I should have been speaking
   to, so I will use your advice when I call tomorrow.
 * This has been stressing me out for weeks. I really appreciate that you took the
   time to reply and point me in the right direction.
 * Thank you!! 🙂
 * Laurie
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [WordPress Admin PHP FastCGI 502 Bad Gateway Errors](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-admin-php-fastcgi-502-bad-gateway-errors/)
 *  Thread Starter [theevent](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theevent/)
 * (@theevent)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-admin-php-fastcgi-502-bad-gateway-errors/#post-5556988)
 * Every time a 502 happens, I check my server log for clues and its always the 
   same error
 * `[Mon Dec 08 13:08:13 2014] [error] [client 216.70.122.75] ModSecurity: Warning.
   Match of "rx ^POST$" against "REQUEST_METHOD" required. [file "/etc/apache2/mod_security/
   custom/wpbrute.conf"] [line "9"] [hostname "www.theeventchronicle.com"] [uri "/
   wp-login.php"] [unique_id "VIYTPUgv9A8AAHCOE3UAAAEm"]`
 * It’s the identical error that other people were having in this thread:
 * [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-attempting-redirect-to-https?replies=6](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-attempting-redirect-to-https?replies=6)
 * The original poster of that thread fixed their problem by turning off FastCGI.
   I did that as well, but am still having the same problem.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [WordPress Admin PHP FastCGI 502 Bad Gateway Errors](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-admin-php-fastcgi-502-bad-gateway-errors/)
 *  Thread Starter [theevent](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theevent/)
 * (@theevent)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-admin-php-fastcgi-502-bad-gateway-errors/#post-5556984)
 * I have called them and they told me the server was working properly, so the error
   must be on my end. I had them look at my logs and because the server error has
   to do with ‘wpbrute.config’ they had the gall to tell me it was because I was
   entering my password in wrong! I disagreed, and let’s just say the conversation
   did not end well.
 * This was before I found out the error was related to FastCGI. I’ll try giving
   them a call again tomorrow. I have been less than impressed with Media Temple’s
   tech support. Maybe now that I’ve pinpointed the error they will be willing to
   help.
 * I appreciate you taking the time reply.
 * Thank you.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Admin (attempting) redirect to HTTPS](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-attempting-redirect-to-https/)
 *  [theevent](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theevent/)
 * (@theevent)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-attempting-redirect-to-https/#post-4983283)
 * Apologies for resurrecting an old thread, but I’m having this exact same issue,
   with identical errors in my logs. I’m also on Media Temple Grid. I disabled fastcgi
   about two weeks ago after initially finding this thread, but I’m still getting
   502 Bad Gateways triggered in the WordPress Admin area by publishing posts, updating
   plugins, or simply by clicking around to different areas of the admin.
 * The 502s are intermittent, but they seem to be getting more frequent.
 * Did anyone else come up with any solutions besides disabling fastcgi? I’ve been
   trying to fix this for weeks!
 * Thank you.

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