Title: Access Error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Access Error

 *  Resolved [boblan66](https://wordpress.org/support/users/boblan66/)
 * (@boblan66)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/access-error/)
 * When logged in to the home page of my blog, I attempt to click on the ‘Generic’(
   which is my default category) located on the top horizontal menu bar. Upon clicking
   on the tab I receive the following error message:
 * > Forbidden
   > You don’t have permission to access /BLOG/http:/articleworld-usa/BLOG/category/
   > generic/ on this server.
   > Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an 
   > ErrorDocument to handle the request.
   >  Apache/2.2.11 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.11 OpenSSL/
   > 0.9.8i DAV/2 mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635
   > Server at articleworld-usa.com Port 80
 * I have created new categories and subcategories. The only category that shows
   up in the category widget is the default.
 * I would appreciate any assistance you might have.

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 *  [shane-g](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shane-g/)
 * (@shane-g)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/access-error/#post-1218028)
 * Hi,
 * Add this code in htaccess of your blog/site and have a check:
 *     ```
       # BEGIN WordPress
   
       <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
       ErrorDocument 404 /index.php?error=404
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteBase /
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
       RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
       </IfModule>
   
       # END WordPress
       ```
   
 *     ```
       <IfModule mod_security.c>
       SecFilterEngine Off
       SecFilterScanPOST Off
       </IfModule>
       ```
   
 * If these does not work then disable all the plugins and have a check.
 * Thanks,
 * Shane G.

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 * [Category-Error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/category-error/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [shane-g](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shane-g/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/access-error/#post-1218028)
 * Status: resolved

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