Title: Images Receiving 403 Forbidden Errors
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Images Receiving 403 Forbidden Errors

 *  [OscarGuy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oscarguy/)
 * (@oscarguy)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/images-receiving-403-forbidden-errors/)
 * My site is located here:
 * [http://www.behindthescreens.us/](http://www.behindthescreens.us/)
 * All images on the site, both on the user end as well as within the admin panel,
   are displaying as broken images. Here’s an example of the screenshot of one of
   the themes I have on my site.
 * [http://www.behindthescreens.us/wp-content/themes/fastfood/screenshot.png](http://www.behindthescreens.us/wp-content/themes/fastfood/screenshot.png)
 * I have checked folder permissions (755), image permissions (644) and everything
   looks correct. The .htaccess file is looking normal and I don’t have hotlink 
   protection activated on the site.
 * I’m really not sure why none of these images are displaying. I have a separate
   install on my website that is working just fine, but this one is not.

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/images-receiving-403-forbidden-errors/#post-7143466)
 * – 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
 *  Thread Starter [OscarGuy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oscarguy/)
 * (@oscarguy)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/images-receiving-403-forbidden-errors/#post-7143474)
 * I have two installations on the same server. One works, the other does. This 
   particular one is in a subfolder as I have a separate addon domain pointing directly
   at that folder.
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/images-receiving-403-forbidden-errors/#post-7143478)
 * > I have two installations on the same server. One works, the other does.
 * You may want to discuss this with your hosting provider about this
 *  Thread Starter [OscarGuy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oscarguy/)
 * (@oscarguy)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/images-receiving-403-forbidden-errors/#post-7143479)
 * I have had multiples on the same server before and all of them have worked. This
   was the first one that did not. The only thing that’s really different about 
   it was using an addon domain. All the file permissions are correct.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [OscarGuy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oscarguy/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/images-receiving-403-forbidden-errors/#post-7143479)
 * Status: not resolved

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