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Actually, I researched it and found a great solution for how you can tackle this error, please read this guide – LiteSpeed Cache – Cron reschedule event error for hook

To completely delete all BPS Pro files:
Delete the BPS Pro plugin on the WordPress Plugins page.
Then manually delete this folder: /wp-content/bps-backup/ using FTP or your web host control panel file manager.

See this help forum topic on how to cleanup a hacked hosting account > https://forum.ait-pro.com/forums/topic/wordpress-hacked-wordpress-hack-cleanup-wordpress-hack-repair/.  Cleaning up a hacked hosting account is not hard to do, but it is a bit time consuming.

Here are a couple of possible causes for the error:
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updating-failed-not-a-valid-json-response-3/
https://support.themosaurus.com/forums/topic/error-loading-block-the-response-is-not-a-valid-json-response/

No WP-Edit and opCache not active as far as I can see. Using WP-Rocket though.

Try clearing plugin cache and browser cache. If that does not work then this error could be caused by another plugin or server-side cache. Do you have the WP Edit plugin installed?  See this forum topic for help information:  https://forum.ait-pro.com/forums/topic/php-fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-bpspro_ap_check/page/4/#post-25456 Another po…[Read more]

It seems this error resurfaced in version 17.4?

[03-Apr-2025 01:32:24 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bpsPro_AP_Check() (previously declared in /home/…/domains/…/public_html/wp-content/plugins/bulletproof-security/includes/functions.php:44) in…[Read more]

There are a couple things going on. You will either need to manually create additional whitelist rules for the ver= Query Strings added to plugin URL’s or deactivate the Plugin Firewall.

To whitelist all Elementor Pro .js files add this whitelist rule: /elementor-pro/assets/js/(.*).js(.*)
For WP Better Security add this whitelist rule: /better-…[Read more]

I check BPS with every new version of WordPress (Beta to RC versions) to make sure there are no issues. If any issues do occur then I’ll put out a new version of BPS.

Hello there,

Building up on your reply. “Well the bottom line is I don’t really have the spare time to create anything new in BPS right now. That may change in the future.”

Does that include fixes and occasional updates? as it’s been 4 months since last update?

everything works fine, not complaining .. just checking

Thanks.

Add a captcha in the wpforms plugin to block spambots > https://wpforms.com/docs/how-to-set-up-and-use-recaptcha-in-wpforms/

See this forum topic > https://forum.ait-pro.com/forums/topic/can-bulletproof-cause-this-curl-timeout-the-request-to-scrape-the-url-timed-out/

Add this plugin whitelist rule below in the Plugin Firewall > Plugins Script|File Whitelist Text Area > click the Save Whitelist Options button > click the Plugin Firewall > Activate button. This whitelist rule will whitelist all .js scripts in the /assets/js/ plugin…[Read more]