Title: 403 error Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # 403 error * [garethjones85](https://wordpress.org/support/users/garethjones85/) * (@garethjones85) * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-2/) * Hi, * Im having trouble viewing my website. * I keep getting 403 errors. * I’ve added .htaccess with: * SecFilterInheritance Off * I’ve tried both wp-admin and route directories. * I can access wp-login fine but cant view my blog. When I add .htaccess i get a 500 error when trying to get to wp-login. Also I havent added any new plugins and there was not a .htaccess file there originally. * Any help would be greatly appreciated? Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) * [skeezicks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skeezicks/) * (@skeezicks) * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-2/#post-658078) * Don’t know if this is particularly helpful, but I had the same problem earlier today. Couldn’t access several of my sites, got the ol’ 403 error. * Then I noticed my .htaccess file had something in it. I have been particularly careful about keeping it empty until I get a feel for what it does. Something put a bunch of stuff in it. * To make a long story short, I called my host who’s tech support tech deleted the contents of the .htaccess, then my 403 errors disappeared. * I figure the only thing I did that would affect that file was to monkey with the indexing of the site using an Index Manager found in my phpcPanel. * Now I’m back to the problem I originally went to the Index Manager to resolve… Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) The topic ‘403 error’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [403 error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/403-error/) * [htaccess](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/htaccess/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 1 reply * 2 participants * Last reply from: [skeezicks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skeezicks/) * Last activity: [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-2/#post-658078) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics