Another possible cause could be a corrupted htaccess file or incorrect permissions on your server

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The error code 403 Forbidden appears when your server does not allow access to a specific page. There are several reasons that can cause this.

A common cause of the 403 Forbidden error in WordPress is poorly configured security plugins. Many WordPress security plugins can block an IP address (or a whole range of IP addresses) if they consider it to be malicious.


Your WordPress hosting company can sometimes accidentally make changes to their server settings. This can result in a 403 Forbidden error on your website.

So let’s see how to fix 403 forbidden error in WordPress.

Note: Before you do anything, we recommend that you create a full WordPress backup of your website. Check out our guide on how to create a backup of your WordPress website .

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The first thing you need to do is check if any of your WordPress plugins is causing the 403 forbidden error. To do this, you need to temporarily disable WordPress plugins . This also applies to any security plugins you have installed on your website.

Bulk deactivate all WordPress plugins
If this fixes your problem, it means that one of the plugins on your site was causing this error.

You can find out which plugin caused the error by activating all your plugins one by one until you reproduce the 403 Forbidden error. Then you need to delete the problem plugin and look for an alternative or ask the developers for support .