Title: HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden

 *  Resolved [mrppp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrppp/)
 * (@mrppp)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http11-403-forbidden/)
 * checking headers i get the above code, on my other sites i receive HTTP/1.1 200
   OK
    do i need to change something? even pages i want a 404 returned show a 403
   is
 *     ```
       # 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]
       ```
   
 * the reason, so google will still see a 200ok and 404 but this bot i,m testing
   with is thought a bad bot?
 * So if i want to allow bots for header what do i do exactly?
    Do i remove all 
   code above from htaccess, or just the** HEAD** from `RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD}
   ^(HEAD|TRACE|DELETE|TRACK|DEBUG) [NC]` if so will it not get re written next 
   time i add custom code to .htaccess in BP
 * **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.
   
    [http://wordpress.org/plugins/bulletproof-security/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/bulletproof-security/)

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 *  Plugin Author [AITpro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aitpro/)
 * (@aitpro)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http11-403-forbidden/#post-4018085)
 * If you want to allow HEAD Requests then yep add this code in the link below to
   BPS Custom Code:
    [http://forum.ait-pro.com/forums/topic/googlebot-googlebot-image-403-error/#post-7695](http://forum.ait-pro.com/forums/topic/googlebot-googlebot-image-403-error/#post-7695)
 * BPS does not block any good bots like the googlebot. HEAD Requests are fine to
   allow. This is just a nuisance filter and not a security filter.
 *  Thread Starter [mrppp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrppp/)
 * (@mrppp)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http11-403-forbidden/#post-4018092)
 * Cool thanks for that

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