{"id":439,"date":"2021-09-14T18:35:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T12:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/?p=439"},"modified":"2021-09-29T20:10:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T14:25:57","slug":"fix-403-errors-on-wordpress-dashboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/fix-403-errors-on-wordpress-dashboard\/","title":{"rendered":"How to fix 403 errors on WordPress dashboard?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\"><p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<\/div><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/fix-403-errors-on-wordpress-dashboard\/#What_is_the_403_Status_Code\" >What is the 403 Status Code?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/fix-403-errors-on-wordpress-dashboard\/#How_to_fix_403_errors_after_successful_login_to_WordPress_dashboard\" >How to fix 403 errors after successful login to WordPress dashboard?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is nothing in the entire universe without problems, so the internet is not an exception. You may have faced different errors showing like 404, 503, 403, and many more while accessing the website. All of these errors are status codes telling different issues, and not to worry, they can be resolved too. However, in this blog, we will only talk about 403 errors and how to fix 403 errors.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_the_403_Status_Code\"><\/span><b>What is the 403 Status Code?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This 403 status code error indicates that you are not granted permission to access or open the website or information you are trying to access.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_fix_403_errors_after_successful_login_to_WordPress_dashboard\"><\/span><b>How to fix 403 errors after successful login to WordPress dashboard?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can easily fix 403 errors after successful login to WordPress Dashboard. For this, you need a cPanel login and WordPress login credentials. Then follow the below steps.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Open your cPanel account.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scroll down to the <\/span><b>SECURITY <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">section and click on ModSecurity.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-440\" src=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cpanel-security.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cpanel-security.png 512w, https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cpanel-security-150x23.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To disable security for the entire cPanel, click &#8220;<\/span><b>Disable<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; at the top. Alternatively, you can disable it for a specific domain by clicking on the corresponding switch under &#8220;<\/span><b>Status<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; and<\/span><b> marking it off.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-441\" src=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cpanel-security-modsecurity.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cpanel-security-modsecurity.png 512w, https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cpanel-security-modsecurity-150x51.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you click either of these options, you&#8217;ll see a warning and a success message on your screen, as shown below.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By removing one layer of security, you should be able to log in to the WordPress dashboard. Instead of refreshing the same page, close the window and open it again to log in. ModSecurity is a web application firewall that protects your website against certain types of attacks. The system scans websites individually (when enabled) and examines traffic based on rules selected by the system administrator and supplied by the vendor. We use <\/span><b>Imunify360<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as our ModSecurity vendor. It&#8217;s like you&#8217;ve taken a layer of security down. So now you can insert a replacement for the same in your dashboard. If you want to secure your website, this is not necessary but highly recommended.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now <\/span><b>login <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to your <\/span><b>WordPress Dashboard<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go to <\/span><b>Plugins <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Add New. <\/b><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-442 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cpanel-security-wordpress.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"207\" data-wp-editing=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cpanel-security-wordpress.png 170w, https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cpanel-security-wordpress-150x124.png 150w, https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cpanel-security-wordpress-110x90.png 110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A window appears where you can search for <\/span><b>Cerber Security, Anti-spam &amp; Malware Scan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on your right side on the search bar. Then, <\/span><b>install and activate it.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-443\" src=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/plugins.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/plugins.png 512w, https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/plugins-150x37.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The plugin automatically whitelists your current active IP address. Congrats! You have successfully installed a new security system on your website.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>\u00a0If you want to add more IP addresses to the whitelist, go to the WP Cerber plugin shown on your right.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-446 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/plugins-s.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/plugins-s.png 512w, https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/plugins-s-150x59.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go to Dashboard and click on Access Lists, as shown in the above screenshot.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Below screen appears. Input addresses you want to blacklist or whitelist.<b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-445\" src=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/free.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/free.png 512w, https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/free-150x92.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thus, in this way, you can<\/span><b> fix 403 errors<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and also, using <\/span><b>Cerber Security, Antispam &amp; Malware Scan plugin, you can auto whitelist your IP addresses and add more as you need.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is nothing in the entire universe without problems, so the internet is not an exception. 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