WP Admin .htaccess ajax.php fix

AuthUserFile /dev/null
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName "Access Control"
AuthType Basic
order deny,allow
deny from all
#IP address to Whitelist
allow from "my IP"
# Allow acces to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
<Files admin-ajax.php>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
Satisfy any
</Files>

2 comments

Michael Wilhelmsen 6 years ago

Hey, what does this fix? I was hoping maybe it would help with a problem I'm having with Woocommerce and admin-ajax.php slowing down the site.

Joseph Riviello 6 years ago

Hi Michael,

Are you using any security plugin that restricts access to your wp admin directory? If so, that may be your issue with the site slowing with Woocommerce. At checkout, Woocommerce accesses your admin-ajax.php, which resides in the wp-admin directory. This little snippet basically allows for access to the file. Just add it to your htaccess file in the wp admin.