{"id":18859741,"date":"2026-03-23T11:48:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T11:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/wordpress-down-403-on-wp-admin-and-blank-wp-login-php-no-log-errors\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T11:51:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T11:51:00","slug":"wordpress-down-403-on-wp-admin-and-blank-wp-login-php-no-log-errors","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/wordpress-down-403-on-wp-admin-and-blank-wp-login-php-no-log-errors\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress down: 403 on \/wp-admin and blank wp-login.php, no log errors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hi everyone,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m experiencing an issue with my WordPress site (<em>[ redundant link deleted ]<\/em>), which is currently offline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Symptoms: the main site does not load properly, \/wp-admin returns: \u201c403 Forbidden \u2013 You don\u2019t have permission to access this resource.\u201d,  and \/wp-login.php shows a completely blank page (no error message). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additional context: the hosting provider confirmed the server is up and running with no obvious errors in logs. Lastly, I currently do not have direct FTP or hosting panel access<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\">\n<li>What could cause a combination of 403 on \/wp-admin and a blank wp-login.php?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Could this be related to .htaccess, permissions, or security plugins?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What should I specifically ask my hosting provider or developer to check next?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What can I do myself? Need to get this page up and running. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vuyiswa <\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-18859741","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18859741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18859741\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18859741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}