Issues with .htaccess

Hey Paul,

When and where do you get the 500 error? It doesn’t look like there’s any iThemes Security code in your .htaccess.

As for the duplicate code, I would go ahead and remove the second repeated block.

Thanks,

Gerroald

When we use this iThemes security we get 500 error because .htaccess every time has duplicate items. It’s last broken .htaccess. We use Directory themes https://templatic.com/wordpress-directory-themes/

# BEGIN iThemes Security
	# BEGIN Ban Users
		# Begin HackRepair.com Blacklist
		RewriteEngine on
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^[Ww]eb[Bb]andit [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^binlar [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^BlackWidow [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Bolt\ 0 [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Bot\ mailto:craftbot\@yahoo\.com [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^casper [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ChinaClaw [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^cmsworldmap [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^comodo [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Custo [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Default\ Browser\ 0 [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^diavol [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^DIIbot [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^DISCo [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^dotbot [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Download\ Demon [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^eCatch [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EirGrabber [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EmailCollector [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EmailSiphon [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EmailWolf [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Express\ WebPictures [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ExtractorPro [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EyeNetIE [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^feedfinder [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^FlashGet [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^flicky [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GetRight [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GetWeb! [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Go-Ahead-Got-It [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Go!Zilla [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GrabNet [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Grafula [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^HMView [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ia_archiver [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Image\ Stripper [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Image\ Sucker [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^InterGET [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Internet\ Ninja [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^InternetSeer\.com [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^jakarta [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Java [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^JetCar [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^JOC\ Web\ Spider [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^kmccrew [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^larbin [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^LeechFTP [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mass\ Downloader [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Maxthon$ [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^microsoft\.url [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^MIDown\ tool [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mister\ PiX [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mozilla\.*Indy [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mozilla\.*NEWT [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^MSFrontPage [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Navroad [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NearSite [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Net\ Vampire [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetAnts [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetSpider [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetZIP [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^nutch [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Octopus [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Offline\ Explorer [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Offline\ Navigator [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^PageGrabber [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Papa\ Foto [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^pavuk [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^pcBrowser [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^PeoplePal [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^planetwork [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^psbot [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^purebot [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^pycurl [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^RealDownload [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ReGet [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Rippers\ 0 [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SeaMonkey$ [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^sitecheck\.internetseer\.com [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SiteSnagger [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^skygrid [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SmartDownload [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^sucker [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SuperBot [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SuperHTTP [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Surfbot [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^tAkeOut [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Teleport\ Pro [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Toata\ dragostea\ mea\ pentru\ diavola [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^turnit [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^vikspider [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^VoidEYE [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Web\ Image\ Collector [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Web\ Sucker [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebAuto [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebCopier [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebFetch [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebGo\ IS [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebLeacher [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebReaper [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebSauger [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WPScan [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Website\ eXtractor [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Website\ Quester [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebStripper [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebWhacker [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebZIP [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Wget [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Widow [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WWW-Mechanize [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WWWOFFLE [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Xaldon\ WebSpider [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Zeus [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^zmeu [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^CazoodleBot [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^discobot [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ecxi [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GT::WWW [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^heritrix [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^HTTP::Lite [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^HTTrack [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ia_archiver [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^id-search [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^id-search\.org [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^IDBot [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Indy\ Library [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^IRLbot [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ISC\ Systems\ iRc\ Search\ 2\.1 [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^LinksManager.com_bot [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^linkwalker [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^lwp-trivial [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^MFC_Tear_Sample [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Microsoft\ URL\ Control [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Missigua\ Locator [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^panscient.com [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^PECL::HTTP [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^PHPCrawl [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^PleaseCrawl [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SBIder [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Snoopy [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Steeler [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^URI::Fetch [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^urllib [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^User-Agent [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Web\ Sucker [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^webalta [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebCollage [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Wells\ Search\ II [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WEP\ Search [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^zermelo [NC,OR]
		RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ZyBorg [NC]
		RewriteRule ^.* - [F]

	# END Ban Users
	# BEGIN Tweaks
		<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
			RewriteEngine On

			# Rules to prevent php execution in uploads
			RewriteRule ^(.*)/uploads/(.*).php(.?) - [F]
		</IfModule>
	# END Tweaks
# END iThemes Security

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress
Options -Indexes

Thanks,
Paul

Hey Paul,

Is this the full contents of your .htaccess? I don’t see any duplicate code in this one. Are you still getting the 500 error?

Thanks,

Gerroald