[Rank Math SEO Plugin] Rank Math Optimization Glitch

[wabisoup]

when installing Rank Math and getting to the optimization part as seen below

I got a 403 and could not continue with that part of the setup.. I had added the <meta> stuff from Google and from Bing and not any of the other search engines etc..  below is I['ve pasted the 403

Thoughts ideas?

 

Thanks

Craig Daniels

[vietanh2005]

I think the problem is due to Wordfence plugin. You should deactive Wordfence then try again.

[Jitendraa]

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[wabisoup]

Thanks for the suggestion

1st even though it says wordfence is blocking things Wordfence is not activated on my system and I even deleted it and still get the message.

2nd  I went through enabling the health check and had it disable all plugins and themes, I then enabled Rank Math and the Theme 2017 and still got the message.

Conclusion.. I seem to have a phantom part of wordfence stuck somewhere that that causing this problem but I have not got a clue on how to find it so I can disable it..

IDEAS?

Thanks

Craig

[Montgomerie]

Hello,

You can bypass that warning by putting WordFence into learning mode:
http://take.ms/y072E

Please head over to the following URL:
/wp-admin/admin.php?page=WordfenceWAF&subpage=waf_options&source=dashboard

and choose the above option from the screenshot and click on Save Changes.

Then try to save the website verification tags.

Looking forward to helping you. Thank you.

[wabisoup]

Thanks Everyone

All is fixed.. seems my siteground setup works best with a manual wordfence configuration..  I did it and Rank Math configures just fine

I'm still looking for the learning mode, it used to be front and center but now with wordfence upgrades it's hudden

Thanks Again

[Jitendraa]

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