I just installed WP and a new Theme. Everything so far. Then I installed the iThemes Scecurity Plugin and made some adjustments within the Dashboard (no code changed). Apparently the created (or automatically changed) htaccess file created an error 500, and no page could be viewed anymore.
Putting the code of the htaccess file into a code checker brought up no mistakes in the syntax. BUT when I delete the htaccess file the site is working again.
Has anyone an idea what could be wrong within the htaccess file??
Here's the code:
Thx, Alex
# BEGIN iThemes Security - Do not modify or remove this line
# iThemes Security Config Details: 2
# Enable HackRepair.com's blacklist feature - Security > Settings > Banned Users > Default Blacklist
# Start HackRepair.com Blacklist
RewriteEngine on
# Start Abuse Agent Blocking
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Mozilla.*Indy" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Mozilla.*NEWT" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^$" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Maxthon$" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^SeaMonkey$" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Acunetix" [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 for JCE" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Bot mailto\:craftbot@yahoo\.com" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^casper" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^checkprivacy" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^ChinaClaw" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^clshttp" [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} "^extract" [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} "^FHscan" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^FlashGet" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^flicky" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^g00g1e" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^GetRight" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^GetWeb\!" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Go\!Zilla" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Go\-Ahead\-Got\-It" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^grab" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^GrabNet" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Grafula" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^harvest" [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} "^kanagawa" [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} "^libwww" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Mass Downloader" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^microsoft\.url" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^MIDown tool" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^miner" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^Mister PiX" [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} "^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} "^WebBandit" [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} "^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} "^WPScan" [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} "360Spider" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "AhrefsBot" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "CazoodleBot" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "discobot" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "EasouSpider" [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} "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} "LinksCrawler" [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} "MJ12bot" [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} "SearchmetricsBot" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "SeznamBot" [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} "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} "XoviBot" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "YisouSpider" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "zermelo" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "ZyBorg" [NC,OR]
# End Abuse Agent Blocking
# Start Abuse HTTP Referrer Blocking
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} "^https?://(?:[^/]+\.)?semalt\.com" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} "^https?://(?:[^/]+\.)?kambasoft\.com" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} "^https?://(?:[^/]+\.)?savetubevideo\.com" [NC]
# End Abuse HTTP Referrer Blocking
RewriteRule ^.* - [F,L]
# End HackRepair.com Blacklist, http://pastebin.com/u/hackrepair
# Enable the hide backend feature - Security > Settings > Hide Login Area > Hide Backend
RewriteRule ^(/)?wplogin/?$ /wp-login.php [QSA,L]
# Protect System Files - Security > Settings > System Tweaks > System Files
<files .htaccess>
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
Require all denied
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
</IfModule>
</files>
<files readme.html>
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
Require all denied
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
</IfModule>
</files>
<files readme.txt>
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
Require all denied
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
</IfModule>
</files>
<files install.php>
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
Require all denied
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
</IfModule>
</files>
<files wp-config.php>
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
Require all denied
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
</IfModule>
</files>
# Disable Directory Browsing - Security > Settings > System Tweaks > Directory Browsing
Options -Indexes
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
# Protect System Files - Security > Settings > System Tweaks > System Files
RewriteRule ^wp-admin/includes/ - [F]
RewriteRule !^wp-includes/ - [S=3]
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !^(.*)wp-includes/ms-files.php
RewriteRule ^wp-includes/[^/]+\.php$ - [F]
RewriteRule ^wp-includes/js/tinymce/langs/.+\.php - [F]
RewriteRule ^wp-includes/theme-compat/ - [F]
# Filter Request Methods - Security > Settings > System Tweaks > Request Methods
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(TRACE|DELETE|TRACK) [NC]
RewriteRule ^.* - [F]
# Filter Suspicious Query Strings in the URL - Security > Settings > System Tweaks > Suspicious Query Strings
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} \.\.\/ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.*\.(bash|git|hg|log|svn|swp|cvs) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} etc/passwd [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} boot\.ini [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ftp\: [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} http\: [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} https\: [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\<|%3C).*script.*(\>|%3E) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} mosConfig_[a-zA-Z_]{1,21}(=|%3D) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} base64_encode.*\(.*\) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.*(%24&x).* [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.*(127\.0).* [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.*(globals|encode|localhost|loopback).* [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.*(request|concat|insert|union|declare).* [NC]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !^loggedout=true
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !^action=jetpack-sso
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !^action=rp
RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} !^.*wordpress_logged_in_.*$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://maps\.googleapis\.com(.*)$
RewriteRule ^.* - [F]
</IfModule>
# END iThemes Security - Do not modify or remove this line
# 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