Background updates not working when limit the access to wp-admin by ip

Hi there,

I want to restrict the access to my wp-admin by ip. For example I made a .htaccess in my wp-admin folder like following

# limit access to .htaccess
<files ~ "^.*\.([Hh][Tt][Aa])">
order allow,deny
deny from all
satisfy all
</files>
# Limit access
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
# some ip 
allow from 95.135.80.26

But when I do this, the health check plugin shows the following error:

2 Critical issues

1. ‘Background updates are not working as expected Security’

Background updates ensure that WordPress can auto-update if a security update is released for the version you are currently using.

> Error: A plugin has prevented updates by disabling wp_version_check().
> Passed: No version control systems were detected.
> Passed: Your installation of WordPress doesn’t require FTP credentials to perform updates.
> Passed: All of your WordPress files are writable.

2. ‘Your site could not complete a loopback request Performance’

Loopback requests are used to run scheduled events, and are also used by the built-in editors for themes and plugins to verify code stability.

The loopback request to your site failed, this means features relying on them are not currently working as expected.

> Error encountered: (0) Too many redirects

Question: What do I need to white list in my .htaccess to make sure background update can be run without problem.

• This topic was modified 5 years ago by JBZ.