403 forbidden error when logging in to custom url

Hi jamminjames did you check to see if your custom login is set up correctly?

Yes, it is. Under “Brute Force/Rename login page” it’s all set up.

Another thing I noticed, after disabling the Firewall settings to see if that would help, I got a different error when trying to log out, saying I can’t access that login url.

When I took out the Whitelist settings in .htaccess, it fixed that. The Whitelist section I took out looked like this:

#AIOWPS_LOGIN_WHITELIST_START
<FilesMatch "^(s4wab9bie1\-login)">
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from www.humortimes.com
Allow from 104.28.11.95
Allow from 184.23.140.88
</FilesMatch>
#AIOWPS_LOGIN_WHITELIST_END

… and one of those ip addresses is mine.

So you are saying that when you disable the Whitelist settings it works?

Well, hard to say what combination created the problems, since before the above, I disabled the Firewall settings. But after disabling the Firewall, I tried to log out, and got another, different error than I had been getting. That’s when I tried taking out the Whitelist part.

I suppose it’s possible that I could reinstate the Firewall settings, and just leave out the Whitelist, and it might be ok. But at this point, I’m pretty fed up with the whole thing and don’t want to try it. Maybe I will later…

Still, something is not right with a certain combination of settings, I think.

Just let me know how you go with this setting once you have a rest.

Regards

I had the same problem. If there are whitelist entries, i get a 403 on login page. Clear the whitelist or deactivate the option, and everything works fine.
Nevertheless it is a great plugin!

Hi there!
I have the same Problem and no whitelisting active.
I’m getting a 403 error on my custom login url…
Whitelisting is not active…

I do get to my login form using my custom login url. The error appears AFTER I have entered my login credentials.

Do you have another Idea?
I can give you access to my test site if you can identify yourself as plugin developer.
Thank you!

I’m getting a 403 error on my custom login url

This is obviously being caused by a rule in the htaccess file.
Try the following:
When you get through to your login form url look at the complete url and check if there are any extra query parameters in the URL. (ie things starting with “?”). If so, delete all of the query params, ie, everything from the “?” onwards and try logging in.