Title: Add 403 Errors
Last modified: March 31, 2017

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# Add 403 Errors

 *  Resolved [tkthebadomen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tkthebadomen/)
 * (@tkthebadomen)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-403-errors/)
 * Was wondering how difficult it would be to incorporate 403 errors into this plugin.
   I wouldn’t need it to to go to a different page. I’m just looking to wrap both
   403 and 404 errors into the same error page.

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Peter Raschendorfer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petersplugins/)
 * (@petersplugins)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-403-errors/#post-8986554)
 * Out of the box that does not work. 403 error are not handled by WordPress. 403
   means “forbidden”. This error is sent by the server if you’re not permitted to
   access the directory or file. This is a file permissions issue not a WordPress
   issue.
 * To handle 403 errors with WordPress you’d have to change the .htaccess file to
   tell your webserver which page to display in case of an 403 error. Off course
   you can point to a WordPress page there. This could be your 404 page. So you 
   can use the 404 error page also as 403 error page. No plugin changes required.
 * You get me?
 * Peter
 *  Thread Starter [tkthebadomen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tkthebadomen/)
 * (@tkthebadomen)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-403-errors/#post-8987133)
 * Absolutely. I went ahead and modified the htaccess to point to the same page 
   as the 404 Errors. I hadn’t realized that your plugin was dealing with WP only,
   and not the htaccess file.
 * Sorry to bother. Thanks for the great plugin!
 *  Plugin Contributor [Peter Raschendorfer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petersplugins/)
 * (@petersplugins)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-403-errors/#post-8988122)
 * Glad to hear, you solved it!

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 * Last reply from: [Peter Raschendorfer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petersplugins/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-403-errors/#post-8988122)
 * Status: resolved