Title: 403 Error When Making Post with a Hyperlink
Last modified: October 13, 2016

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# 403 Error When Making Post with a Hyperlink

 *  [jmm546](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmm546/)
 * (@jmm546)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-when-making-post-with-a-hyperlink/)
 * So I’ve run into a problem just yesterday when trying to put together a new post,
   mind you this has never happened before and I post a good amount of hyperlinks.
 * I was getting a 403 error when I tried to save draft or publish. Troubleshooting
   I went through up updated my .htaccess, removed all plugins, even changed themes.
   Problem still happened. Finally I found what was causing it, if I put a hyperlink
   in the article it 403’s when I try to save or publish. If I remove the hyperlink
   the article will save or publish.
 * Any idea where to go from here? I’m at a loss.

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 *  [DomenLo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/domenlo/)
 * (@domenlo)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-when-making-post-with-a-hyperlink/#post-8292236)
 * Weird, you’re getting 403, most of us are getting 404.
 * Judging by the people that “fixed” this in the last couple of hours this seems
   to involve a new mod_security rule (on the host) throwing a fit when a < character
   is involved. Host removing said rule fixes the issue.
 *  [Muhad Paduppu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/muhadbk0/)
 * (@muhadbk0)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-when-making-post-with-a-hyperlink/#post-8292541)
 * [@domenlo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/domenlo/) Please can you explain
   some thing more?
 * I want to also solve it

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Muhad Paduppu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/muhadbk0/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-when-making-post-with-a-hyperlink/#post-8292541)
 * Status: not resolved

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