Better WP security plugin problem

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    I used this plugin : http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/better-wp-security/ to secure my self hosted blog. Now just today, I switched my host, and after transferring my website, updating the database details in the wp-config.php file, after changing permission from 0444 to 0644, and then after making the changes, back to 0444, I am unable to login. The title of my blog is a different color and style, when I go to the url I had set using the plugin for login, I get : Forbidden You don't have permission to access /wp-login.php on this server. Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. I tried deleting the .htaccess file, but then, when I went to /wp-login.php, I got the same error, and when I went to the set login url, I got 404 Not Found. Someone please help me with this ASAP!! There's only 1 day left until my old hosting account expires, and there's no way I can renew it now, as the domain expired a long while ago.
     
    dhamaniasad, Mar 20, 2013 IP
  2. dhamaniasad

    dhamaniasad Member

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    Someone please help me. This isn't specifically about the plugin. This is happening with my other sites as well, the login url or wp-admin show 403 errors.
     
    dhamaniasad, Mar 20, 2013 IP
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    creativewebmaster Active Member

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    #3
    user this plugin http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bulletproof-security/
     
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  4. dhamaniasad

    dhamaniasad Member

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    Right now, I cannot even access the admin panel on my website, and my old host has already expired.
     
    dhamaniasad, Mar 21, 2013 IP
  5. Devtard

    Devtard Notable Member

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    #5
    I would reupload all WP files and delete files belonging to the plugin.

    (I am just guessing here, I hadn't encountered this issue before. Remember to back up everything)
     
    Devtard, Mar 21, 2013 IP
  6. Sanjeev SIngh

    Sanjeev SIngh Member

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    #6
    For the best security, the Most common plugin is WP bulletproof security for your blog and almst all bloggers use this plugin.
     
    Sanjeev SIngh, Mar 21, 2013 IP
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    Devtard Notable Member

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    WP is pretty secure itself and I think that there is no need to install any plugins that just slow down your blog.
     
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    ya my blog too slow down.. but wordpress working is great :D
     
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    premiumwordpressthemes Active Member

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    #9
    Try out a caching plugin such as WP Super Cache or W3 Total Cache.


    WP is itself secured. The common security issue I met is to be spammed via login form (wp-admin). So my suggestion is to use "Login reCAPTCHA" plugin to protect the admin login form. That's enough
     
    premiumwordpressthemes, Mar 21, 2013 IP