Title: 403 admin-ajax.php
Last modified: March 25, 2020

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# 403 admin-ajax.php

 *  Resolved [wbmessenger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wbmessenger/)
 * (@wbmessenger)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-admin-ajax-php/)
 * Only when I’m not logged in… Using the sidebar widget on the front-end, trying
   to expand a month I end up with a stuck loading icon. The console is reporting:“
   Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 403 () … /wp-admin/
   admin-ajax.php:1”;
 * This is only happening when I am not logged into WordPress. If I’m logged in 
   it works as expected.
 * Any ideas? Thanks!
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2F403-admin-ajax-php%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Ashley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nosegraze/)
 * (@nosegraze)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-admin-ajax-php/#post-12583170)
 * I just tested on your site and it works fine for me. I was able to expand several
   months: [https://imgur.com/VnDGOXK](https://imgur.com/VnDGOXK)
 * It might be worth asking your web host if they have any kind of rate limiting
   or other server restrictions on that file.
 *  Thread Starter [wbmessenger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wbmessenger/)
 * (@wbmessenger)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-admin-ajax-php/#post-12583200)
 * Thank you Ashley!
 * Naturally, as soon as I posted this topic I did a little more troubleshooting
   and got it to work. I’m not 100% sure why but clearing my Wp Engine cache seemed
   to fix it (for the time being).
 * Just need to figure out how to prevent it from happening again in the future.
 * Thank you for the quick response!

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 * Last reply from: [wbmessenger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wbmessenger/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-admin-ajax-php/#post-12583200)
 * Status: resolved