403 Forbidden response BackUpWordPress

Modifying this BPS nuisance filter ONLY applies to folks who are using the BackUpWordPress plugin or another plugin that needs to make a HEAD Request or if someone/anyone would just like to allow HEAD Requests in general. This filter is ONLY a nuisance filter that blocks mainly junk bots and spam bots from making HEAD Requests. So with all of this said to modify this BPS nuisance filter you would do these steps:

1. Go to the BPS Edit/Upload/Download tab page.
2. Click the “Unlock htaccess File” button if your root .htaccess file is locked.
3. Click on the “Your Current Root htaccess File” tab.
4. Scroll down in your root .htaccess file until you see this code below.

# REQUEST METHODS FILTERED
# This filter is for blocking junk bots and spam bots from making a HEAD request, but may also block some
# HEAD request from bots that you want to allow in certains cases. This is not a security filter and is just
# a nuisance filter. This filter will not block any important bots like the google bot. If you want to allow
# all bots to make a HEAD request then remove HEAD from the Request Method filter.
# The TRACE, DELETE, TRACK and DEBUG request methods should never be allowed against your website.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(HEAD|TRACE|DELETE|TRACK|DEBUG) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [F,L]

5. Remove “HEAD” from the BPS nuisance filter as shown below.

# REQUEST METHODS FILTERED
# This filter is for blocking junk bots and spam bots from making a HEAD request, but may also block some
# HEAD request from bots that you want to allow in certains cases. This is not a security filter and is just
# a nuisance filter. This filter will not block any important bots like the google bot. If you want to allow
# all bots to make a HEAD request then remove HEAD from the Request Method filter.
# The TRACE, DELETE, TRACK and DEBUG request methods should never be allowed against your website.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(TRACE|DELETE|TRACK|DEBUG) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [F,L]

6. Click the “Update File” button to save your editing changes and lock your root .htaccess file again.

see the step by step instructions posted above.