Title: 403 Error when creating package
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# 403 Error when creating package

 *  Resolved [7billionbuddhas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/7billionbuddhas/)
 * (@7billionbuddhas)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-when-creating-package/)
 * Hey, I’m getting a 403 error when trying to create a package. I’ve seen other
   posts about having issues when running the installer, but not when creating a
   package. Strangely, I was able to scan the site once, went back to exclude directories,
   then was thrown a 403 error on rescan.
 * What I’ve tried so far:
    1. Turned off all other plugins to troubleshoot 2. Checked
   file permissions 3. Recreated .htaccess file 4. Uninstalled/reinstalled fresh
   plugin.
 * Also strange is that I just finished packaging another site on the same server
   with Duplicator and it worked perfectly.
 * Any ideas? Thanks!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/)

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 *  [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/)
 * (@corylamleorg)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-when-creating-package/#post-7639399)
 * You may have a recursive link setup. I would create a root level filter to see
   if the scan completes, then add some top level filters like wp-content and so
   on to see which directory path the recursive link might be located in.

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