Title: Cannot access WordPress dashboard
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Cannot access WordPress dashboard

 *  Resolved [chevindu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chevindu/)
 * (@chevindu)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-wordpress-dashboard-3/)
 * My site is [hikershaven.org](http://hikershaven.org) and I could not log into
   it for like 2 weeks.
    And when I tried to log in to my site, it says:
 * > **Forbidden**
   > You don’t have permission to access /_wp-admin_/ on this server.
 * None of the users can log into the site from any browser. Any help on this is
   highly appreciated.
    Thanks.

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-wordpress-dashboard-3/#post-6893262)
 * 403 forbidden means that your browser isn’t able to load the scripts up because
   your server isn’t allowing it. This is a hard one to solve. Because anything 
   could be blocking the server.
    – Most likely this is a server permissions/ownership
   issue, so ask your host what’s going on – check your .htaccess files for anything
   strange. – try a full [Manual Upgrade](http://codex.wordpress.org/Updating_WordPress#Manual_Update),
   to make sure all the WordPress files are there and correct.. – Make sure to backup
   everything (including database) before doing any action, in case.
 *  Thread Starter [chevindu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chevindu/)
 * (@chevindu)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-wordpress-dashboard-3/#post-6893266)
 * Hey Tara,
 * Yeah I will contact my host and post here what’s up.
 * Thanks for your information. Wish you a happy new year from Sri Lanka!
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-wordpress-dashboard-3/#post-6893270)
 * Thanks! happy new year to you too!
    You are welcome 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [chevindu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chevindu/)
 * (@chevindu)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-wordpress-dashboard-3/#post-6893498)
 * It was a permission issue I guess. My host worked it out for me. Thank you very
   much for your help. 🙂
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-wordpress-dashboard-3/#post-6893499)
 * you are welcome 🙂

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## Tags

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

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 5 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-wordpress-dashboard-3/#post-6893499)
 * Status: resolved

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