Got a 403 Forbidden error when trying to access certain pages on my WordPress website. What are some possible causes of this error?
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A 403 Forbidden error indicates that you don’t have permission to access the requested page or resource on your WordPress website. There are several potential causes for this error like:
1. Insufficient file permissions
2. Incorrectly configured file or directory permissions
3. .htaccess file issues
4. Misconfigured security plugins
5. IP or country-based restrictions
6. Web server configuration issues
7. Incorrect URL or permalink structure
8. Restrictive WordPress settings
it basically apper when you’re trying to login in admin area of wordpress or also u got same error while installing WordPress
The 403 Forbidden error shown when your server denies you permission to access a page on your site. There are two possible things in this case
Now how to fix this error