403 Forbidden Error And How To Fix Them

403 Forbidden Error And How To Fix Them In this tutorial, we will walk through how to fix 403 forbidden errors. These types of errors are generally caused by the same thing that causes the blank white screen 500 errors. Plugin issues or corrupted ht.access files can do this and a few other issues can as well. So let&get started. We will talk about the most overlook issue in this video that causes 403 Forbidden errors. Some can be: File access permission Incorrect values on your WP admin folder File set to read-only incorrect values on your index file Let&get started! You will need access to your Cpanel to perform this action. And as always, make sure you have a full backup of your website. Scroll down and find file manager and click on it. Make sure the website you&working is selected. Make sure hidden files are checked. Right-click wp-admin and right-click “change permissions.” YOU ONLY NEED TO CHANGE PERMISSIONS IF IT IS WRONG! Now that we are in wp.admin folder, just verify the correct values are there. Permissions should be set at 7 5 5 and make sure “write is not checked. You don&want hackers to be able to write to your file. If everything is correct, click cancel without making any changes. One other thing, take a look at all your core folders. Wp_ncludes, Wp_content, all should have the same exact file permission setting of 755 with the same rights. But here is something different, take a look at your index.php file which is a very important file. If...