Title: 403 error when saving
Last modified: March 1, 2022

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# 403 error when saving

 *  Resolved [QGofLake](https://wordpress.org/support/users/quentong/)
 * (@quentong)
 * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-when-saving/)
 * I like the airi theme and have used it on a number of sites. Lately, I have been
   encountering an error message when trying to save edits to a page. A 403 error
   is seen sometimes. I have tried using the classic editor as an answer but that
   does not stop the problem. When using blocks, it reports a json error when the
   problem occurs.
 * I have the latest version of wordpress and the latest version of the theme. I
   have tried resetting permalinks, checked file permissions but no joy. If I make
   an edit using elementor and save it that, it works. But changes to the page… 
   page attributes, yoast, etc can only be done through wordpress. Has anyone else
   encountered this and found a solution?
 * I have used an abundance of different themes on different sites and this is the
   only theme where I have encountered this problem.

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 *  [Kharis Sulistiyono](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kharisblank/)
 * (@kharisblank)
 * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-when-saving/#post-15423306)
 * Hi,
 * > I have tried using the classic editor as an answer but that does not stop the
   > problem. When using blocks, it reports a json error when the problem occurs.
 * I did testing and couldn’t reproduce this issue.
 * Did you get the issue while adding particular content/block into the editor? 
   Did you test with default blocks?
 * I need more information to help in getting the root of trouble, may I request
   sharing your links to pastebin.com for:
 * 1. Site’s info copy from **Dashboard** > **Site Health** > **Info**
    2. Site’s
   debug log, that may appear while [WP_DEBUG_LOG](https://wordpress.org/support/article/debugging-in-wordpress/#wp_debug_log)
   is enabled.
 *  Thread Starter [QGofLake](https://wordpress.org/support/users/quentong/)
 * (@quentong)
 * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-when-saving/#post-15469434)
 * Hello Kharis,
 * Tks for your reply. I tried all of those things and no errors were detected. 
   That led me to try other avenues and I discovered that it was due to mod security
   set up by my host. I got white listed and problem solved.
 * The odd thing is that the problem appeared in an unconsistent way. Sometimes 
   all would work fine and then suddenly not.

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 * Last reply from: [QGofLake](https://wordpress.org/support/users/quentong/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-when-saving/#post-15469434)
 * Status: resolved