Title: 403
Last modified: February 27, 2024

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# 403

 *  Resolved [romeing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/romeing/)
 * (@romeing)
 * [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-10/)
 * hello I receive many **403Forbidden** status. Is there a way to disable this?

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 *  Plugin Support [Laura – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support8/)
 * (@wpmudev-support8)
 * [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-10/#post-17456637)
 * Hi [@romeing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/romeing/)
 * The “403 forbidden” status means that the site/server that is “contacted” rejects
   request.
 * Where/when are you getting it exactly? I mean: is this happening on some of the
   links that are being checked? If yes – are those links pointing to your site 
   or to some other/external sites (if yes, can you share some examples)?
 * Kind regards,
    Adam
 *  Thread Starter [romeing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/romeing/)
 * (@romeing)
 * [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-10/#post-17456724)
 * Yes it’s happening on some of the links that are being checked. They point to
   external sites, you can see an example here: [https://www.romeing.it/it/viaggio-sui-binari-ditalia-da-bologna-a-roma/](https://www.romeing.it/it/viaggio-sui-binari-ditalia-da-bologna-a-roma/)
 *  Plugin Support [Nithin – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudevsupport11/)
 * (@wpmudevsupport11)
 * [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-10/#post-17462601)
 * Hi [@romeing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/romeing/),
 * Are you using the Cloud or Local configuration in the Broken Link Checker plugin
   settings?
 * I’m afraid, the URL shared doesn’t help in determining whether it is the site
   URL or the URL to the external site that was shared.
 * However, I suppose the URL shared is an external site URL? I do get 403 error
   when I crawl such the given URL.
 * The 403 error would mean that the page cannot be accessed by BLC due to an authorization
   error. This could occur due to Firewall, server configuration etc
 * Unfortunately, if the websites have firewalls or settings to block crawling the
   links then I’m afraid there isn’t much that could be done in such instances.
 * Manually marking any such 403 error as Ignore or dismiss would be the way ahead
   in such instances since these are external sites.
 * If there are 403 error picked for URLs for external sites which is hosted by 
   you then you can follow these instructions in such cases:
   [https://wpmudev.com/docs/wpmu-dev-plugins/broken-link-checker/#troubleshooting-notes](https://wpmudev.com/docs/wpmu-dev-plugins/broken-link-checker/#troubleshooting-notes)
 * Kind Regards,
 * Nithin
 *  [Kris – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudevsupport13/)
 * (@wpmudevsupport13)
 * [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-10/#post-17486763)
 * Hi [@romeing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/romeing/)
 * We haven’t heard from you in a while, I’ll go and mark this thread as resolved.
   If you have any additional questions or require further help, please let us know!
 * Kind Regards,
   Kris

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