Title: Change path for admin-post.php
Last modified: November 8, 2025

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# Change path for admin-post.php

 *  Resolved [mabeyglenn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mabeyglenn/)
 * (@mabeyglenn)
 * [7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-path-for-admin-post-php/)
 * I am trying to import a table but the plugin is looking in the wrong place for
   my admin-post.php file.
 * So I’m getting this error.
 * “This site can’t be reached
 * The web page at **[https://thefaragefiles.com/wp-admin/admin-post.php](https://thefaragefiles.com/wp-admin/admin-post.php)**
   might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.”
 * Can I amend the path the plugin uses?

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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-path-for-admin-post-php/#post-18711854)
 * Hi!
 * Thanks for your post and sorry for the trouble!
 * No, that path is correct, as `admin-post.php` is a WordPress file that always
   exists there, and it does not need to be changed or configured anywhere.
 * Instead, what’s happening here is that your server is basically blocking the 
   request (presumably for security reasons, as it doesn’t like something about 
   the data that is sent from the browser to the server). So, ultimately, this is
   very similar to the “403 Forbidden” error that is explained on [https://tablepress.org/faq/common-errors/](https://tablepress.org/faq/common-errors/)(
   your server is just sending a different HTTP response code). To resolve this,
   your hosting company will likely need to adjust and relax their firewall configuration,
   or you could first check if you are using any security plugins that might be 
   causing this.
 * Best wishes,
   Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [mabeyglenn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mabeyglenn/)
 * (@mabeyglenn)
 * [7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-path-for-admin-post-php/#post-18711858)
 * Thank you for your response.
 *  . This is where it is for IONOS hosting. And I think this is why I am unable
   to upload any tables.
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-path-for-admin-post-php/#post-18712081)
 * Hi,
 * Yes, that’s the local server file path for the file — but what’s relevant here
   is the URL for interacting with that file “from the outside”. TablePress (just
   like WordPress itself, e.g. when editing post/pages) are sending data to this
   URL for it to be saved (when you edit a table in the browser). That URL is [https://thefaragefiles.com/wp-admin/admin-post.php](https://thefaragefiles.com/wp-admin/admin-post.php)
   and it’s correct here. However, your server (or a security plugin) are configured
   to strictly: They are blocking the request to this URL, presumably because the
   sent data contains some keyword or character pattern that they find “suspicous”,
   as outlined in my link from above. You would please need to check if there’s 
   a security plugin involved, or if your hosting company can find out more from
   their log files and then relax whatever configuration is involved.
 * Best wishes,
   Tobias

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 * Last reply from: [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * Last activity: [7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-path-for-admin-post-php/#post-18712081)
 * Status: resolved