Further to this, after getting the error above, followed by manually entering the UA code, I can now see a dropdown box beside analytics profile, which is greyed out. If I untick ‘manually enter UA code’ I can select a profile from the dropdown, but if I try to save I get the 403 forbidden error again.
Has anyone found a solution for this yet? I have the same problem. Does your Google Analytics by Yoast: Settings page have a debug log? Mine does.
I am having a similar however I get a 404 when trying to save the profile. The plugin is returning this page: /wp-admin/admin.php?page=yst_ga_settings.
Has a solution been found?
I have been having the same problem as well. I’ve tried everything for hours.
I had the 403 error also. It was a apache server mod security rule that was blocking it for me. If you contact your hosting company they may be able to whitelist that mod security rule that is blocking yoast. This solved the problem for me.
@groundskeepper THANK YOU for the post. I dug into the issue on my end and was able to resolve it by updating the apache server mod security rule. I don’t understand what this rule is or how you change it, but I sent in a support ticket to my hosting company, and they seemed to know what to do.
For those of you interested, below is the exact wording of my support ticket. Feel free to copy and paste:
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I am trying to configure the Google Analytics by Yoast (https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress/) WordPress plugin. The plugin fails to authenticate with Google Analytics. It as been suggested the issue may be related to apache server mod security rule. I am not familiar with this. Would you happen to know where the authentication issues lie? When I try to authenticate the plugin my WordPress site returns a 404.
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@groundskeepper & @hayden69 Thanks
Worked for me too. I contacted the host provider about “apache server mod security rule” the problem is gone.
