Disable built-in file editor option not working

  • Resolved Joeri

    (@joeri1977)


    2 years, 3 months ago

    Hi,

    I have site hardening active but I keep getting the ‘to-do’ message: The built-in file editors are accessible to others.

    When I click repair the option is already checked but I do see that I can indeed access the theme file editor inside WP.

    How can I fix this?

    • This topic was modified 2 years, 3 months ago by Joeri.
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  • Plugin Contributor Rogier Lankhorst

    (@rogierlankhorst)

    Do you maybe have ‘DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT’ set to false in your wp-config.php? That could explain this. If so, can you try to remove that line?

    If this constant is already defined, the plugin can’t override it.

    Thread Starter Joeri

    (@joeri1977)

    Thank you @rogierlankhorst That was indeed the case. It was added by a security plugin I was using and recently deleted. I have used the settings to reset and remove all settings that this plugin has made but apparently and oddly enough this setting has remained and also set to False.

    I have removed this and now it’s working!

    Thanks again!

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