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[Defender Pro] Defender pro scan gets stuck

When I scan defender pro, it gets stuck at 0.2%
I have set memory_limit to 512MB on the server.
Please advise
thanks
Sam

Fri, 18 Oct 2019 12:26:43

Dimitris
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Hello Sam

Could you please access your server via (S)FTP, edit wp-config.php file, find a line like define('WP_DEBUG', false);and replace it with the following (if the above line doesn’t exist, simply insert next snippet just above the /* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */ comment)
```
// Enable WP_DEBUG mode
define('WP_DEBUG', true);
// Enable Debug logging to the /wp-content/debug.log file
define('WP_DEBUG_LOG', true);
@ini_set( 'log_errors', 1 );
// Disable display of errors and warnings
define('WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false);
@ini_set('display_errors', 0);
```
Then please grant temporary support access via WPMUDEV Dashboard plugin in order to have a better look. No need to share any WP admin credentials, just navigate in WP admin area under WPMU DEV -> Support -> Support Access page and click on the “grant support access” button.

You can find detailed information about it here:
https://premium.wpmudev.org/docs/getting-started/getting-support/#chapter-5

Please do reply back here when access is granted because we don’t get any notifications about it.

Thank you,
Dimitris
Sam
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I have added the line in wp-config.php and grant support access.
thanks
Sam
Pawel
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Hello Sam !

Hope you’re having a good day!

I’ve logged into your site and confirmed the issue exists and it’s causing a 500 Server Error after reaching 0.2%. The error is visible in Chrome’s dev console, in the Network tab.

I’ve installed a File Manager plugin just to check if there are any logs generated about that 500 error, because when it happens, almost always the logs tell us what exactly caused it. I’ve noticed the wp-config.php doesn’t have the defines Dimitris mentioned, so I tried to add them and then I got a 500 error while doing that. This stopped me from debugging the issue any further.

We’d like to check your site to find what’s causing that, though. For that, we will need to get a bit more access to the files, via FTP/SFTP or cPanel. If you can, please send those to us and we’ll carry on with the debugging.

Note: Please don’t leave your login details in this ticket as this is a public forum and anyone will be able to see them.

Instead, you can send us your details using our contact form https://premium.wpmudev.org/contact/#i-have-a-different-question and the template below:

NOTE: Don’t change selected topic in the dropdown, just leave it at “I have a different question”.

Subject: “Attn: Pawel Pela”
– Site login URL
– WordPress admin username
– WordPress admin password
– FTP credentials (host/username/password)
– cPanel credentials (host/username/password)
– Folder path to site in question
– Link back to this thread for reference
– Any other relevant urls/info

Please notify us here in this ticket once you’ve sent those credentials.

Oh, and one more important check – please check if there’s enough space on the hosting account currently. It’s a long shot, but maybe that’s the actual cause here.

Kind regards,
Pawel
Sam
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I sent the credentials last week.
Do you have any updates?
Sam
Pawel
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Hello Sam !

Apologies for the long wait! I received the credentials, but forgot to reply with a confirmation, very sorry for that!

As for the issue, I had to run additional checks and it like there may be some kind of security feature on the hosting itself that’s blocking Defender from running the scan. My advise here would be to contact your hosting support and ask them to check what is blocking Defender. I’m afraid I can’t help here as I don’t have that kind of access to the server to check that.

Hope this helps!

Kind regards,
Pawel