Title: Permalink 403 Error
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Permalink 403 Error

 *  [Jason](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vxjasonxv/)
 * (@vxjasonxv)
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-403-error/)
 * I would assume it’s my lack of knowledge of Apache at the moment, but help out
   a n00b will ya?
    So, WP is installed on my computer that is sitting right next
   to my left leg. I’m attempting to set up permalinks, but everytime I put the 
   rules in, I get a 403 Forbidden Error. I’ve attempted to do it in an .htaccess
   file and in the <Directory></Directory> tags in my apache conf. My permalink 
   string is set as: /archives/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/ No matter where
   I put it, I lock myself out and get a 403. Help? Thanks.

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-403-error/#post-56773)
 * 403 is a permissions issue …
    Have you tried downloading any .htaccess, opening
   it up with Notepad / Wordpad, entering the rules, then ftp’ing it back to the
   WP dir ? .htaccess should be chmod’d to 644
 *  Thread Starter [Jason](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vxjasonxv/)
 * (@vxjasonxv)
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-403-error/#post-56774)
 * I don’t have to ftp anything. I have full physical access to the computer that’s
   running WP. Shell, and everything.
    There’s the other part I meant to put in 
   but didn’t. Reading through apache docs, something said, if you have access to
   the apache conf, then put Override Rules in there, and not in an .htaccess, because
   the conf is a LOT more secure. I don’t really have any other .htaccess’es to 
   test. My only one has IP deniers. I suppose I could try deny’ing my IP to test
   it, but that should give me the same 403 issue, so I don’t know if it’ll work
   or not :P. My .htaccess was 644, and again, even if I put the rules in the apache
   conf, I lock myself out.
 *  [dpdnolan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dpdnolan/)
 * (@dpdnolan)
 * [21 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-403-error/#post-57457)
 * Has anyone else had a problem with this?
 *  Anonymous
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-403-error/#post-57527)
 * yep, i have.
    same problems like you. either 403 or 500 error… can anyone help?
 *  [gregor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gregor/)
 * (@gregor)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-403-error/#post-57531)
 * bump …. same problem here!
 *  [uffela](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uffela/)
 * (@uffela)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-403-error/#post-57532)
 * Please go to post [ ](http://wordpress.org/support/3/8665)[http://wordpress.org/support/3/8665](http://wordpress.org/support/3/8665)
   and have a look to see if it helps.
 *  Anonymous
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-403-error/#post-57540)
 * Hi ya I was trying to download directX off of the microsoft website, but everytime
   I hit the download link, I get a 403 permission error. Infact I get this everytime
   I hit a download link. Anyone know what I can do to stop this?
 *  [hendrickx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hendrickx/)
 * (@hendrickx)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-403-error/#post-57616)
 * Thanks to the search, try this. I was going crazy until I found this gem!
 * I’ve had the same issues as most here, here is what i found on:
    [http://faq.wordpress.net/view.php?p=20](http://faq.wordpress.net/view.php?p=20)
 * Try adding the following line at the top (the very first line) of .htaccess :
   
   Options +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
 * It seemed to work for me.
 *  [oschene](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oschene/)
 * (@oschene)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-403-error/#post-57628)
 * Nothing I tried worked. It was 403, 403, 403. I tried everything above and then
   some.
 * What worked was adding a word to the directory string. The pretty permalink string
   was:
    /%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/ I put this as a custom string: /archives/%
   year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/
 * Worked right away. Go figure.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last activity: [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-403-error/#post-57628)
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