WP redirects to homepage after Admin tries to submit Post or Page

  • Resolved nathank1989

    (@nathank1989)


    8 years, 10 months ago

    I’m trying to diagnose an issue on a WP install of ours. (https://ssdmftk.org). Anytime a site admin (w shave no registered users) tries to post a Page or Post and click “publish” it takes a few seconds to load, and redirects to the home page.
    The page saves as a draft but will not publish. Any attempt to publish sends me to the homepage.

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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    Have you tried:
    – Flushing any caching plugins you might be running, as well as server and/or browser caches. Also, any op cache or content network cache, as well as Cloudflare, clear those caches.
    – deactivating ALL (yes all) plugins temporarily to see if this resolves the problem (plugin functions can interfere). If this works, re-activate them individually (one-by-one) to find the problematic plugin(s).
    – switching to the unedited default Theme (Twenty Sixteen, etc.) for a moment using the WP dashboard to rule out any theme-specific issue (theme functions can interfere like plugins).
    – If all the above steps do not resolve the issue, then try MANUALLY updating. Download a fresh copy of the WordPress .zip file to your computer, unzip it, and use that to copy up all files and folders EXCEPT the wp-config.php file and the /wp-content/ directory. You may need to delete the old wp-admin and wp-includes folders and files on your server before uploading the new ones. Read the Manual Update directions first.
    – Backup: If you haven’t already done, always backup everything (including your database) before doing any actions, just in case something really goes wrong.

    Thread Starter nathank1989

    (@nathank1989)

    It is also happening when trying to save settings such a as Reading and Writing settings. All redirect me to my homepage.

    Thread Starter nathank1989

    (@nathank1989)

    I have discovered the culprit. MOD_SECURITY. I had it enabled via WHM, and the rules prevented certain HTTP POST requests. I currently disabled it via WHM (there’s also settings in cPanel if you’re not a reseller) until I can learn more about the rules settings.

    Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    glad to know it ??

    OMG thank you so much nathank1989 MOD_SECURITY was also activated on my server and that fixed the issue for me too ??

    Hm, this did not sort the issue for me…

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