Comments on: How to disable mod_security in .htaccess file

By: e1d

e1d — Thu, 15 May 2008 02:15:14 +0000

I think wordpress should create a default .htaccess file and put it together with thier installation. Because wordpress developer know their products so well and know whats good and whats bad for wordpress.

By: dicky

dicky — Wed, 14 May 2008 08:14:01 +0000

Doing so will immediately solve the file/image uploading problem. I face this problem before but after disable mod_security, i manage to solve this issue.

By: nasrun

nasrun — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:18:31 +0000

Thanks LiewCF for the information. It is very usefull..

By: LcF

LcF — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:11:47 +0000

@nasrun: mod_security is good to protect your website. However, if it conflict with your web application, we have to disable it. It is better to have mod_security enabled if you have the choice.

By: Diana Tan

Diana Tan — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:20:14 +0000

I recently had to add some codes to my .htaccess to stop a redirection put in by an unauthorised bloke.

By: nasrun

nasrun — Tue, 13 May 2008 03:49:50 +0000

Sorry for asking, I am newbies.

Why should we disable this function? It is good for our website or blog?

By: Apple

Apple — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:16:25 +0000

@zaifulzin ,
Thank you for the suggestion. I tried to contact my hosting technical support before, but I haven’t receive any feedback. Perhaps I should try again.

By: zaifulzin

zaifulzin — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:45:49 +0000

Apple you should refer to your hosting technical support, some hosting not allowed full access to modified htaccess file. Some of recommend to me by other user before is to change the file name from .htaccess to _htaccess. I didnt try but you can try it yourself coz my problem solved when i file a complain to my hosting technical support. I believe they will do it for you.

Zaiful Zin

By: Syahid A.

Syahid A. — Mon, 12 May 2008 05:04:56 +0000

I’ve experienced the same problem too and this is how I solve the problem. Nice to share it, Liew.

By: Neo

Neo — Mon, 12 May 2008 05:02:34 +0000

This is one tactic that all web site owners should know.

By: Noorizam Shah

Noorizam Shah — Mon, 12 May 2008 00:44:28 +0000

until now, i still dont know how to solve this problem.

By: Apple

Apple — Mon, 12 May 2008 00:17:42 +0000

After upgrading to WP2.5, I also have the same HTTP error problem when I want to upload files to my host via WP. I tried the fix posted by HongKiat and even tried your solution, it all didn’t work and giving me a 500 internal server error.

I already have a .htaccess file with the following setting:
# BEGIN WordPress

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /blog/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /blog/index.php [L]

# END WordPress

Any idea how I can fix this problem?