Title: 403 error when saving General Settings
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# 403 error when saving General Settings

 *  [kalkro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kalkro/)
 * (@kalkro)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-when-saving-general-settings/)
 * When I am tring to save the settings under the Settings -> General, it gives 
   me a 403 error. But if I am under any of the other links, such as disscussion
   or writing, it saves with no problems. It seems to be isolated to the options-
   general.php, but I am not sure. Anyone have any suggestions?
 * Thanks…

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 *  [Frank Warwick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thewackonerd/)
 * (@thewackonerd)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-when-saving-general-settings/#post-997572)
 * I have the same problem, Kalkro, did you find out how to fix this?
 *  [Frank Warwick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thewackonerd/)
 * (@thewackonerd)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-when-saving-general-settings/#post-997581)
 * I fixed the issue by adding in a .htaccess in the wp-admin
    here it is.
 * <Files ~ “.*\..*”>
    order allow,deny deny from all </Files>
 * # secure htaccess file
    <Files .htaccess> order allow,deny deny from all </Files
   >
 *  [dmetzcher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dmetzcher/)
 * (@dmetzcher)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-when-saving-general-settings/#post-997583)
 * Having the same issue right now. Why must we add code to .htaccess in order to
   get something as simple as the general settings to save? And why is this necessary
   for one of my sites, but not another one, when both are on the same host?

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## Tags

 * [403 error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/403-error/)
 * [htaccess](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/htaccess/)
 * [wp-admin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp-admin/)

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-when-saving-general-settings/#post-997583)
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