Title: 403 error when generating
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# 403 error when generating

 *  Resolved [steveread](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steveread/)
 * (@steveread)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-when-generating/)
 * I guess the subject says it all. Message is “XML-RPC server accepts POST requests
   only.”
 * sorry you can’t look at the site. My paranoid management is still all wrapped
   up in stupid security issues.
 * Thanks
 * Steve
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/simply-static/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simply-static/)

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 *  [Scott at Code of Conduct](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codeofconduct/)
 * (@codeofconduct)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-when-generating/#post-7445552)
 * Hi steveread,
 * Simply Static is just reporting back what it gets when it tries to fetch a page.
   Are you getting the 403 and seeing that error message on “/xmlrpc.php”? If so,
   that’s the message that that page displays and the HTTP code that that page returns.
   More info on that page here:
 * [https://codex.wordpress.org/XML-RPC_Support](https://codex.wordpress.org/XML-RPC_Support)
 * I’d suggest removing any links to “/xmlrpc.php” since that won’t work with a 
   static version of the site.
 * Best,
    Scott

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