Title: HTTP status code: 403 Forbidden
Last modified: January 28, 2024

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# HTTP status code: 403 Forbidden

 *  Resolved [oiho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oiho/)
 * (@oiho)
 * [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-status-code-403-forbidden/)
 * When attempting to profile a backend wp-admin page via Elementor’s editor (eg,`/
   wp-admin/post.php?post=14317&action=elementor`), Code Profiler returns the following
   error:
 * `The website returned the following HTTP status code: 403 Forbidden. By default,
   the profiler will always abort and throw an error if the server did not return
   a 200 HTTP status code. You can change that behaviour in the Settings section
   if the page you are profiling needs to return a different code (3xx, 4xx or 5xx).`
 * I’m putting in the full URL and utilizing an admin user with no restrictions,
   so this should theoretically work…
 * Any ideas as to what could be causing this?

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 *  Plugin Author [nintechnet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nintechnet/)
 * (@nintechnet)
 * [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-status-code-403-forbidden/#post-17379023)
 * Do you have any security plugin or application that could block the profiler?
 *  Thread Starter [oiho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oiho/)
 * (@oiho)
 * [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-status-code-403-forbidden/#post-17379324)
 * It seems as if there is something happening with the blocking system / firewall,
   but I don’t see the IP address of your server that is attempting to make the 
   query. Can you tell me what IP address should be whitelisted?
 *  Plugin Author [nintechnet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nintechnet/)
 * (@nintechnet)
 * [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-status-code-403-forbidden/#post-17380448)
 * It is your server IP address. When you start the profiler, it (your server) sends
   3 HTTP requests: 2 to the `wp-admin/admin-ajax.php` script, and one to the page
   you want to profile.
    -  This reply was modified 2 years, 4 months ago by [nintechnet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nintechnet/).

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 * Last activity: [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-status-code-403-forbidden/#post-17380448)
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