Title: [403] Cannot activate or deactivate plugins
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [403] Cannot activate or deactivate plugins

 *  [tns](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thenewburystreet/)
 * (@thenewburystreet)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-cannot-activate-or-deactivate-plugins/)
 * I’m trying to install Sucuri Scan / Secure WordPress but get this instead:
    —————
   Access to the webpage was denied
 * You are not authorized to access the webpage at [site]. You may need to sign 
   in.
 * HTTP Error 403 (Forbidden): The server refused to fulfill the request.
    —————
   I haven’t installed anything lately, and I’m really concerned. I had Exploit 
   Scanner installed but I couldn’t access it (gave me the same message when I clicked
   in Exploit Scanner’s settings). The other stuff seems to be OK. Anyone encounter
   something like this in the last? I’m able to FTP the plugins into the plugin 
   folder but I can’t activate it. And if I activate it through the database, I 
   probably won’t be able to access the plugin setting page. Please help!

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 *  [Sreejesh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/srjcooldude/)
 * (@srjcooldude)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-cannot-activate-or-deactivate-plugins/#post-3148488)
 * same issue here..

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## Tags

 * [exploit](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/exploit/)
 * [forbidden](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/forbidden/)
 * [scan](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/scan/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 1 reply
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 * Last reply from: [Sreejesh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/srjcooldude/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-cannot-activate-or-deactivate-plugins/#post-3148488)
 * Status: not resolved

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