All folders on your WordPress website should have a file permission

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Changing file permissions yourself can have serious consequences. If you don't feel comfortable doing it yourself, it's best to ask another WordPress site owner for help or hire a professional.

However, if you want to do it yourself, you can check the permissions for your file directory here.

Simply connect to your WordPress website using an FTP client. Navigate to the root folder that contains all WordPress files .


You can set the file permission for the root folder to 744 or 755. You also need to check the box next to “Recurse to subdirectories” and then check the “Apply to directories only” option.

Just click the “OK” button. Your FTP client will now list of hong kong cell phone number set the permissions for all subdirectories in this folder.

Once this is done, you will need to repeat the process for all the files, this time using file permission 644 or 640 and don't forget to enable the "Recurse to subdirectories" and " Apply to files only" options.

Click the OK button and your FTP client will start setting file permissions for all selected files.Now try to access your website and check if the 403 forbidden error has disappeared.

Sometimes a simple solution can be the most effective. Clearing your browser cache and cookies, as well as your WordPress cache if you use a caching plugin , can fix the 403 forbidden error.