I have two Wordpress installs on the same domain. One at the top level and one at www.domain.co.uk/WP
Currently both installs are working fine.
I want to edit the .htaccess file in /WP to redirect all visitors except those from our (static) IP address to an "under construction" page.
However when I make ANY modifications to the .htaccess file in /WP (even just adding a space in a comment) I get an Internal Server Error 500 for any page under /WP.
If I remove the changes to the .htaccess file and re-upload it, I STILL get the error (on several IPs). If I restore a backup (which as far as I can see is identical to the "new" file) without making ANY changes the error goes away.
I can edit the .htaccess file for the top-level install fine and the changes are reflected.
I'm very confused here as to what's going on. As I said both installs are working as expected apart from this so my permalink settings etc should be OK.
The General settings in the /WP install are pointing both Wordpress Address and Site Address to /WP
Here's the .htaccess file for the /WP install:
# BEGIN Better WP Security
Options -Indexes
# Begin HackRepair.com Blacklist
RewriteEngine on
# Abuse Agent Blocking
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^BlackWidow [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Bolt\ 0 [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Bot\ mailto:craftbot\@yahoo\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} CazoodleBot [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ChinaClaw [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Custo [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Default\ Browser\ 0 [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^DIIbot [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^DISCo [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} discobot [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Download\ Demon [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^eCatch [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ecxi [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} ^ExtractorPro [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EyeNetIE [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^FlashGet [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} ^GrabNet [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Grafula [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} GT::WWW [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} heritrix [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^HMView [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} IDBot [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} id-search [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} id-search\.org [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Image\ Stripper [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Image\ Sucker [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Indy\ Library [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} IRLbot [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ISC\ Systems\ iRc\ Search\ 2\.1 [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} ^larbin [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^LeechFTP [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} libwww [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} libwww-perl [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Link [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} ^Mass\ Downloader [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Maxthon$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} MFC_Tear_Sample [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^microsoft\.url [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Microsoft\ URL\ Control [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^MIDown\ tool [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mister\ PiX [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Missigua\ Locator [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mozilla\.*Indy [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mozilla\.*NEWT [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} ^NetAnts [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetSpider [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Net\ Vampire [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} panscient.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Papa\ Foto [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^pavuk [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} PECL::HTTP [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^PeoplePal [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^pcBrowser [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} PHPCrawl [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} PleaseCrawl [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^psbot [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} SBIder [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SeaMonkey$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^sitecheck\.internetseer\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SiteSnagger [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SmartDownload [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Snoopy [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Steeler [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} URI::Fetch [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} urllib [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} User-Agent [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} Web\ Sucker [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} webalta [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebAuto [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^[Ww]eb[Bb]andit [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} WebCollage [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} Wells\ Search\ II [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} WEP\ Search [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Wget [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Widow [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} zermelo [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Zeus [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Zeus\.*Webster [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ZyBorg [NC]
RewriteRule ^.* - [F,L]
# Abuse bot blocking rule end
# End HackRepair.com Blacklist
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(TRACE|DELETE|TRACK) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [F,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} POST
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.*)wp-comments-post\.php*
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^(.*)co.uk.*
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://jetpack\.wordpress\.com/jetpack-comment/ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [F,L]
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} ^.*(\[|\]|\(|\)|<|>|ê|"|;|\?|\*|=$).* [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.*("|'|<|>|\|{||).* [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.*(%24&x).* [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.*(127\.0).* [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.*(%0|%A|%B|%C|%D|%E|%F).* [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.*(globals|encode|localhost|loopback).* [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.*(request|select|concat|insert|union|declare).* [NC]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !^loggedout=true
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !^action=rp
RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} !^.*wordpress_logged_in_.*$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://maps\.googleapis\.com(.*)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [F,L]
</IfModule>
# END Better WP Security
# Switch rewrite engine off in case this was installed under HostPay.
RewriteEngine Off
SetEnv DEFAULT_PHP_VERSION 53
DirectoryIndex index.cgi index.php
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /WP/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /WP/index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
Here is the .htaccess file for the top-level install (which, as you can see at the bottom I can edit without killing the install):
# BEGIN Better WP Security # Begin HackRepair.com Blacklist RewriteEngine on # Abuse Agent Blocking RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^BlackWidow [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Bolt\ 0 [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Bot\ mailto:craftbot\@yahoo\.com [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} CazoodleBot [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ChinaClaw [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Custo [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Default\ Browser\ 0 [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^DIIbot [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^DISCo [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} discobot [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Download\ Demon [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^eCatch [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ecxi [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} ^ExtractorPro [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EyeNetIE [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^FlashGet [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} ^GrabNet [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Grafula [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} GT::WWW [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} heritrix [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^HMView [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} IDBot [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} id-search [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} id-search\.org [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Image\ Stripper [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Image\ Sucker [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Indy\ Library [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} IRLbot [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ISC\ Systems\ iRc\ Search\ 2\.1 [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} ^larbin [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^LeechFTP [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} libwww [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} libwww-perl [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Link [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} ^Mass\ Downloader [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Maxthon$ [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} MFC_Tear_Sample [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^microsoft\.url [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Microsoft\ URL\ Control [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^MIDown\ tool [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mister\ PiX [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Missigua\ Locator [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mozilla\.*Indy [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mozilla\.*NEWT [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} ^NetAnts [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetSpider [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Net\ Vampire [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} panscient.com [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Papa\ Foto [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^pavuk [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} PECL::HTTP [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^PeoplePal [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^pcBrowser [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} PHPCrawl [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} PleaseCrawl [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^psbot [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} SBIder [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SeaMonkey$ [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^sitecheck\.internetseer\.com [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SiteSnagger [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SmartDownload [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Snoopy [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Steeler [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} URI::Fetch [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} urllib [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} User-Agent [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} Web\ Sucker [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} webalta [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebAuto [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^[Ww]eb[Bb]andit [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} WebCollage [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} Wells\ Search\ II [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} WEP\ Search [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Wget [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Widow [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} zermelo [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Zeus [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^(.*)Zeus\.*Webster [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ZyBorg [NC] RewriteRule ^.* - [F,L] # Abuse bot blocking rule end # End HackRepair.com Blacklist <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} POST RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.*)wp-comments-post\.php* RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^(.*)co.uk.* RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://jetpack\.wordpress\.com/jetpack-comment/ [OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^$ RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [F,L] </IfModule> # END Better WP Security # 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 # UNDER CONTSRUCTION - CODE WORKS #Options +FollowSymlinks #RewriteEngine on #RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^95\.172\.23\.238$ #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !construction\.html #RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /construction.html [R=302,L]
Any pointers at all greatly appreciated! My only possible thought is it's something to do with Better WP Security??
error_log
which has detailed descriptions of what went wrong, the front facing "500 Server Error" could mean a thousand different things. The error logs tell you exactly what is broken – Jon Lin