Title: Installed CleanTalk and now cannot access WordPress dashboard Last modified: January 12, 2021 --- # Installed CleanTalk and now cannot access WordPress dashboard * Resolved [real health](https://wordpress.org/support/users/real-wealth/) * (@real-wealth) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installed-cleantalk-and-now-cannot-access-wordpress-dashboard/) * Hi, I installed CleanTalk and now I’m prevented from logging on to my WordPress dashboard – Error 403 Forbidden You do not have permission to access this document. Web Server at realhealth4life.co.za * I also cannot open any page on the website itself. When I click on any page I get the same message. Please advise what o do to rectify asap. Many thanks * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Finstalled-cleantalk-and-now-cannot-access-wordpress-dashboard%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * Plugin Support [sergecleantalk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sergecleantalk/) * (@sergecleantalk) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installed-cleantalk-and-now-cannot-access-wordpress-dashboard/#post-13895518) * Hello, * Most likely Error 403 Forbidden is not due to the Anti-Spam plugin. Could you try to delete the plugin’s folder by FTP? The plugin’s folder is here: * /wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect * Did it help? * Thread Starter [real health](https://wordpress.org/support/users/real-wealth/) * (@real-wealth) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installed-cleantalk-and-now-cannot-access-wordpress-dashboard/#post-13895712) * Hi Serge, thanks for your prompt reply. I’ve managed to deactivate the app via my PLEX dashboard and now everything is back to normal, so it was Clean Talk causing the problem. When I tried to open my website with the app activated I got a page say something along these lines. “A crawler is activated for xxxxxx( my IP address) Allow 5 seconds for site to open.” The website would then open but if I clicked on a page in the menu the error 403 message would appear. Is there something in the Clean Talk setup that I’ve done wrong? - This reply was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by [real health](https://wordpress.org/support/users/real-wealth/). * Plugin Support [sergecleantalk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sergecleantalk/) * (@sergecleantalk) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installed-cleantalk-and-now-cannot-access-wordpress-dashboard/#post-13895777) * Anti-Crawler feature should not cause this. Are there any PHP or JavaScript errors from the plugin? * You can also try to disable Anti-Crawler option here: * Wordpress Dashboard -> Settings -> Antispam by Cleantalk * Thread Starter [real health](https://wordpress.org/support/users/real-wealth/) * (@real-wealth) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installed-cleantalk-and-now-cannot-access-wordpress-dashboard/#post-13898238) * Hi Serge, I can’t find any record of errors on the dashboard. Any ideas where to look, maybe I missed something? I switched off the Anti-crawler feature and reactivated the plugin but the same problem appears, even worse, as I cannot even access the website. I’m really disappointed as I was looking forward to solving the spam comments. Appreciate your assistance 🙂 * Plugin Author [alexandergull](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexandergull/) * (@alexandergull) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installed-cleantalk-and-now-cannot-access-wordpress-dashboard/#post-13898280) * Hello [@real-wealth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/real-wealth/) * We would chek this form your side if you agree. * Please, contact us via [https://cleantalk.org/my/support/open](https://cleantalk.org/my/support/open) to share your personal data. * Just copy-paste this thread URL to a new ticket. * Be well * Thread Starter [real health](https://wordpress.org/support/users/real-wealth/) * (@real-wealth) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installed-cleantalk-and-now-cannot-access-wordpress-dashboard/#post-13911216) * [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installed-cleantalk-and-now-cannot-access-wordpress-dashboard/#post-13911216](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installed-cleantalk-and-now-cannot-access-wordpress-dashboard/#post-13911216) Hi Alexander, thanks. Yes that would be ok with me. I’m in South Africa so we’ll just need to pick a time that suits us both. Please let me know when and what to do. Cheers, Patrick - This reply was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by [real health](https://wordpress.org/support/users/real-wealth/). * Plugin Author [alexandergull](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexandergull/) * (@alexandergull) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installed-cleantalk-and-now-cannot-access-wordpress-dashboard/#post-13911440) * [@real-wealth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/real-wealth/) * Proceed to [https://cleantalk.org/my/support/open](https://cleantalk.org/my/support/open) and open a new ticket in the Ticket interface. * The interface looks like in this photo. * [https://mega.nz/file/kfBy2DhL#NDJrneFZGXKo008bKK581Xp1XQ2we4Br-K6xxdZrsKI](https://mega.nz/file/kfBy2DhL#NDJrneFZGXKo008bKK581Xp1XQ2we4Br-K6xxdZrsKI) Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) The topic ‘Installed CleanTalk and now cannot access WordPress dashboard’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/cleantalk-spam-protect/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1637702) * [Anti Spam for Contact Forms, Comments & Online Stores - CleanTalk](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cleantalk-spam-protect/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cleantalk-spam-protect/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cleantalk-spam-protect/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cleantalk-spam-protect/reviews/) ## Tags * [error 403](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/error-403/) * [wordpress dashboard](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wordpress-dashboard/) * 7 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [alexandergull](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexandergull/) * Last activity: [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installed-cleantalk-and-now-cannot-access-wordpress-dashboard/#post-13911440) * Status: resolved