Title: 403 error
Last modified: March 5, 2019

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# 403 error

 *  Resolved [Der-Bank-Blog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/der-bank-blog/)
 * (@der-bank-blog)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-77/)
 * Hola Hector
 * looking in the console e.g. at
    [https://www.der-bank-blog.de/erfolgsfaktor-digitale-baufinanzierung/digital-banking/37652883/?nocache](https://www.der-bank-blog.de/erfolgsfaktor-digitale-baufinanzierung/digital-banking/37652883/?nocache)
 * I find
    wpp-4.2.0.min.js?ver=4.2.2:1 POST [https://www.der-bank-blog.de/wp-json/wordpress-popular-posts/v1/popular-posts/](https://www.der-bank-blog.de/wp-json/wordpress-popular-posts/v1/popular-posts/)
   403
 * Could you please give me a hint, where this might come from?
 * Thanks in advance
    Hansjörg

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 *  Plugin Author [Hector Cabrera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hcabrera/)
 * (@hcabrera)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-77/#post-11278006)
 * Hola Hansjörg!
 * The [HTTP 403](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_403) response basically means“
   something tried accessing a valid resource on this server that has been restricted.”
 * Maybe this FAQ can help: [Is WordPress Popular Posts compatible with security / firewall plugins?](https://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts/wiki/5.-FAQ#is-wordpress-popular-posts-compatible-with-security--firewall-plugins)
 *  Thread Starter [Der-Bank-Blog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/der-bank-blog/)
 * (@der-bank-blog)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-77/#post-11278051)
 * Hola Hector
 * thanks for the quick Response. I do not use any fireall plugins.
 * Do you by any Chance have an idea whereelse this could come from?
 * Cheers
    Hansjörg
 *  Plugin Author [Hector Cabrera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hcabrera/)
 * (@hcabrera)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-77/#post-11278128)
 * Hard to say without taking a closer look / more details. Something _is_ keeping
   WPP from updating your views count obviously, if it isn’t a security/firewall
   plugin then my guess is that it might be a caching issue (WPP tries to update
   the views count using an invalid -cached- [nonce](https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Nonces),
   WordPress rejects the request with a 403 Forbidden response.)
 *  Thread Starter [Der-Bank-Blog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/der-bank-blog/)
 * (@der-bank-blog)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-77/#post-11278167)
 * Thanks. But if I load the site with ?nocache, it should not come from Caching???
   
   Or am I misleading?
 *  Plugin Author [Hector Cabrera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hcabrera/)
 * (@hcabrera)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-77/#post-11278248)
 * No idea, I don’t know which caching plugin you’re using right now 😛
 * Assuming that appending `?nocache` to the URL does what you say (force the site
   to return the non-cached version of the post/page), then it likely isn’t a caching
   issue either.
 * You’ll have to reach out to your hosting provider so they can help you figure
   out why POST requests to `/wp-json/wordpress-popular-posts/v1/popular-posts/`
   are being blocked by the server.
 *  Thread Starter [Der-Bank-Blog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/der-bank-blog/)
 * (@der-bank-blog)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-77/#post-11278346)
 * Still using Borlabs 🙂
 * I will go to my Hosting Provider
 * Thanks a lot for your Kind help
 * Cheers
    Hansjörg
 *  Plugin Author [Hector Cabrera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hcabrera/)
 * (@hcabrera)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-77/#post-11308047)
 * Marking as **resolved** due to inactivity.

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 * Last reply from: [Hector Cabrera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hcabrera/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-77/#post-11308047)
 * Status: resolved