Title: 403 error when embedding images
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# 403 error when embedding images

 *  Resolved [Jensr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jensr/)
 * (@jensr)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-when-embedding-images/)
 * When embedding images on my blog, I get a ‘broken image’ icon. I don’t really
   see why..
 * I have no problems uploading them and when you browse to the URL of the image
   it works just fine.
 * The permissions of my upload folder are 777. The content of my .htacces file 
   is the following:
 *     ```
       # BEGIN WordPress
   
       <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteBase /
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
       RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
       </IfModule>
   
       # END WordPress
       ```
   

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 *  [christopherross](https://wordpress.org/support/users/christopherross/)
 * (@christopherross)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-when-embedding-images/#post-1850258)
 * Jensr,
 * The file is uploading through the wp-admin tool?
    The file is visible in your
   browser at the address, but not in a post?
 * Is it visible in the post, in the admin?
 *  Thread Starter [Jensr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jensr/)
 * (@jensr)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-when-embedding-images/#post-1850262)
 * I upload them via the image uploader in the admin interface. They also don’t 
   show up in the media manager (just a broken image icon) but using FPT I see that
   they are uploaded and when I browse to them directly they work fine.
 * As you can see [here](http://shokkers.be/2011/01/07/de-playstation-phone-in-actie-op-nieuwe-videos-specificaties-bekend/).
   The embedded images are not working, when you click one one however they do show
   up.
 *  Thread Starter [Jensr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jensr/)
 * (@jensr)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-when-embedding-images/#post-1850288)
 * Allright so this only seems to happen with things that are uploaded recently,
   the images in older articles work just fine.

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 * Last reply from: [Jensr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jensr/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-when-embedding-images/#post-1850288)
 * Status: resolved

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