Title: Forbidden 403 Error
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Forbidden 403 Error

 *  Resolved [nehavivekpatil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nehavivekpatil/)
 * (@nehavivekpatil)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/forbidden-403-error-4/)
 * Hi All,
 * I had installed WordPress and uploaded wp-content folder from existing site. 
   The site was up and running when suddenly it started showing 403 Forbidden Error.
   I had changed .htaccess for permalinks but the site was working after that too.
 * Now even a fresh install shows the same 403 Forbidden error while trying to log
   run [http://www.dpbuildhomes.com/wp-admin/install.php](http://www.dpbuildhomes.com/wp-admin/install.php)
   
   I only get this error for wp-admin folder. I have tried 755 and 777 permissions,
   reinstalled 4.4.2 WordPress then reverted back to 4.4.1 Nothing is working.
 * I had tried using htaccess to fit this. I have renamed htaccess to htaccess.txt
   as adding htaccess was showing Internal Server Error.
 * I tried contacting the host. They said there was no issue at their end.
 * I also tried uploading a normal index.html file in root folder and it seems to
   be working fine.
 * Other URLs on the website show blank page since wordpress isn’t installed yet
   on the site. Anything with wp-admin URL results in Forbidden page.
 * Please help!

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/forbidden-403-error-4/#post-7169390)
 * 403 forbidden means that your browser isn’t able to load the scripts up because
   your server isn’t allowing it. This is a hard one to solve. Because anything 
   could be blocking the server.
    – Most likely this is a server permissions/ownership
   issue, so ask your host what’s going on – check your .htaccess files for anything
   strange. – make sure your server settings are not overriding the .htaccess file–
   try a full [Manual Upgrade](http://codex.wordpress.org/Updating_WordPress#Manual_Update),
   to make sure all the WordPress files are there and correct.. – Make sure to backup
   everything (including database) before doing any action, in case.
 *  Thread Starter [nehavivekpatil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nehavivekpatil/)
 * (@nehavivekpatil)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/forbidden-403-error-4/#post-7169531)
 * Hi Tara,
 * Thanks for your reply.
    It was a server side error and is resolved now.
 *  [rykardm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rykardm/)
 * (@rykardm)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/forbidden-403-error-4/#post-8572087)
 * Hi! When I share my website link to facebook, the title is 403 Forbidden. Directly
   on my website [http://www.missqueenportugal.com/](http://www.missqueenportugal.com/)
   I didn’t saw any kind of 403 forbidden message. I tried a lot of advises I found,
   as removing .htaccess file, desactivating all the plugins and also checked permissions.
   I tried to debug at facebook debugger, but the informations doesn’t change. Anyone
   can help me to fix this problem?

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## Tags

 * [forbidden](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/forbidden/)
 * [htaccess](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/htaccess/)
 * [installation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/installation/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [rykardm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rykardm/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/forbidden-403-error-4/#post-8572087)
 * Status: resolved

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