.htaccess problem

  • Hi:

    After enabling permalink on my blog, WordPress automatically created a .htaccess file in the site’s root directory. Everything was working properly. Recently, I had to deal with some unfriendly visitors to my blog whom I’d like to ban from my site using .htaccess.

    I downloaded the original htaccess file which looked like this
    —-
    # BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
    </IfModule>

    # END WordPress
    —-

    and added the following lines after “# END WordPress.”
    —-
    order allow,deny
    deny from IP
    deny from IP
    allow from all
    —-

    After reuploading the modified htaccess file, I got an Internal Server Error and couldn’t access my blog anymore. I had to delete the htaccess file per ftp and re-activated permalink.

    Any idea how I can include the ban codes in the htaccess file without causing a server error?

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  • I’m not sure about your coding. Is it set up like this?

    <Files .htaccess>
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
</Files>

    And is the “IP” replaced by an actual IP address?

    Thread Starter maliq

    (@maliq)

    >I’m not sure about your coding. Is it set up like this?
    [code]

    Oh, I didn't include the <Files .htaccess>-tag? Could that be the problem?

    >And is the "IP" replaced by an actual IP address?

    Yes.

    Thread Starter maliq

    (@maliq)

    Just tried it out with the tag. Same problem. ??

    > Oh, I didn’t include the <Files .htaccess>-tag? Could that be the problem?

    Absolutely; you have to “open” and “close” that section with the tags.

    Try taking out the IP address lines.

    Hey Maliq,

    Do you want to ban them from viewing or just ban them from commenting?

    If you just want to ban them from commenting, blacklist their IPs under Options->Discussion. Much easier than messing with .htaccess, plus you can still get their page views.

    If you want to ban them even from viewing, read this:

    https://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/the-easiest-way-to-ban-a-wordpress-spammer/

    And use this:

    https://tools.dynamicdrive.com/userban/

    Thread Starter maliq

    (@maliq)

    Hi:

    Thanks very much for the replies. After doing some googling on my own I found another possibilty: https://lesterchan.net/wordpress/readme/wp-ban.html

    It’s a nifty plug-in that offers pretty much everything I needed and the best thing is you don’t have to screw with the .htaccess file. ??

    Moderator Samuel Wood (Otto)

    (@otto42)

    www.remarpro.com Admin

    This should work fine.

    <IfModule mod_access.c>
Order Allow,Deny
Deny from IP
Allow from All
</IfModule>

    The ifmodule protect you from errors if the mod_access is not enabled.

    If you still get 500 errors, then your host has broken something. Talk to them about it.

    I agree, something was missing in your code. The directives are often enclosed with the <Directory> tag in your httpd.conf. When talking about the .htaccess file, they are often enclosed with <FilesMatch> tag.

    See here for the correct syntax: Order allow,deny

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