Wordfence is blocking content for user roles

Hi @drewdrewchristophercom,

Does the issue still occur if you temporarily switch the Firewall Status to “Learning Mode“?

Can you see any errors in the browser console?

Thanks for the advice, but it was set in Learning Mode. I’m also having trouble scanning the multisite and tried following instructions from supporting threads, but no luck. I was hoping to update to premium license(s) but will not be able to do so unless this can be resolved. Are there any known plugins that might conflict with WordFence?

• This reply was modified 6 years, 8 months ago by drew.

Hi @drewdrewchristophercom,

There are two plugins which are known to conflict with WordFence.

Can you confirm if the user logged in as an Editor can see errors in the browser console when performing the problematic operation?

If one of the errors comes from “load-scripts.php”, that is because WordPress combines multiple scripts into a single request so admin pages load a little more quickly, but since multiple scripts are loaded at once, an error in one script can affect the others. You can prevent this, so that each script will load individually by adding this line of code to your wp-config.php file:

define('CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS', false);

Be sure to add it before the line that says: /* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */

This will either help show which script file is causing the conflict, or it may prevent the issue from happening. If you can find the cause of the conflict and fix it, you can remove this line from wp-config.php.

Also, could you please try switching to a default theme or disabling all other plugins and reactivating them one by one to see if the issue is indeed related to a conflict?

To do so I recommend the “Health Check” plugin which allows you to disable all plugins and switch to a default theme, but only for your user.

Thank you for the reply. I optimized the database which resolved this issue.