Title: 503 errors
Last modified: August 30, 2016

---

# 503 errors

 *  Resolved [naomiklein](https://wordpress.org/support/users/naomiklein/)
 * (@naomiklein)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/503-errors-2/)
 * For the past 3 weeks I have gone round in circles with my site [http://www.ambitusfoundation.org](http://www.ambitusfoundation.org).
   First I installed Sucuri monitoring and added their htaccess file and put it 
   on the “server side”. It immediately gave me 503 errors, or so it seemed.
    Sucuri
   advised me to whitelist their IPs but my host declined to do this, and then suggested
   I get VPS (WHM + cpanel) and do it myself. Then Sucuri said the 503s had nothing
   to do with the firewall, suggested checking my error logs on the server. I have
   no idea what to look for and my host says there is no customer support for VPS,
   so I am now completely on my own. The site is unusable and visitors get the error
   message “Service Unavailable: The server is temporarily unable to service your
   request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.”
   Going round in circles. This is what I have done so far: replaced the htaccess
   file. Changed the login url to /wplogin. Nothing has worked. This is killing 
   the business, and I don’t know where to turn. Not a tech, don’t know how to make
   changes on the server or interpret error logs. Running WP 4.4. Plugins: (amongst
   others) Backup Buddy, iThemes Security Pro

Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total)

 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/503-errors-2/#post-6846726)
 * Do the 503s go away when you deactivate Sucuri’s plugin?
 *  Thread Starter [naomiklein](https://wordpress.org/support/users/naomiklein/)
 * (@naomiklein)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/503-errors-2/#post-6846787)
 * Hi James – Unfortunately no. I took Sucuri off and things did seem to be better
   but now they are back to how they were.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/503-errors-2/#post-6846788)
 * Try [manually resetting your plugins](https://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F)(
   no Dashboard access required). If that resolves the issue, reactivate each one
   individually until you find the cause.
 * If that does not resolve the issue, access your server via [FTP or SFTP](https://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients),
   navigate to `/wp-content/themes/` and rename the directory of your currently 
   active theme. This will force the default theme to activate and hopefully rule-
   out a theme-specific issue (theme functions can interfere like plugins).
 *  Thread Starter [naomiklein](https://wordpress.org/support/users/naomiklein/)
 * (@naomiklein)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/503-errors-2/#post-6846888)
 * Hi James – That was excellent advice. The source of the issue was the translation
   widget WPML. I suspect there is a clash with the Genesis framework. I will have
   to use something else… Many thanks for your help.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/503-errors-2/#post-6846923)
 * You’re welcome!

Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total)

The topic ‘503 errors’ is closed to new replies.

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 5 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/503-errors-2/#post-6846923)
 * Status: resolved

## Topics

### Topics with no replies

### Non-support topics

### Resolved topics

### Unresolved topics

### All topics