Title: Popular Posts causing 403
Last modified: November 20, 2023

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# Popular Posts causing 403

 *  Resolved [kungfabi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kungfabi/)
 * (@kungfabi)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/popular-posts-causing-403/)
 * occasionally 403 happen on wp-json/popular-post and prevent the counting and 
   loading of the popular posts in the sidebar.
 * before we’ve updated to wordpress 6.4.1. we’ve implemented the following caching
   excludes:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       /wp-content/plugins/hoewp-cvj/assets/img/notra.gif*
       ww.cvj.ch*
       *popular-posts$
       ^/wp-json/wordpress-popular-posts*
       ^/en/wp-json/wordpress-popular-posts*
       /wp-json/wordpress-popular-posts/v1/popular-posts*
       /en/wp-json/wordpress-popular-posts/v1/popular-posts*
       ```
   
 * After the Update to WP 6.4.1 the Plugin seemed incompatible with the WP version
   so we’ve implemented the following: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/popular-posts-disapeared-after-wp6-4-update/#post-17184312](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/popular-posts-disapeared-after-wp6-4-update/#post-17184312)
 * Wich at first seemed to be a solution, but we still have 403 problems with the
   Plugin.
 * ![](https://i0.wp.com/i.postimg.cc/tCLLyj2Q/Bildschirmfoto-2023-11-20-um-14-59-
   05.png?ssl=1)
 * What else could we do?
 * Our setup is:
 * LiteSpeed Server, PHP 8.0.3 WordPress 6.4.1, Theme SmartMag version: 9.3.0, Elementor
   Pro 3.17.0, LiteSpeed Cache 5.7.0.1, Redis Objekt Cache 2.4.4, Custom Sidebars
   3.36, WP Popular Posts 6.3.3, WPML (Different Domain Per Language)
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fpopular-posts-causing-403%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Hector Cabrera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hcabrera/)
 * (@hcabrera)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/popular-posts-causing-403/#post-17216140)
 * Hi [@kungfabi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kungfabi/),
 * An _HTTP 403 Forbidden_ response from your site usually means that something 
   on your site is preventing WordPress Popular Posts from doing its job.
 * Since you’re using the LiteSpeed Cache plugin on your site please make sure that
   its page cache is set to be renewed at least once a day (twice per day is the
   general recommendation). See [Is WordPress Popular Posts compatible with caching plugins?](https://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts/wiki/5.-FAQ#is-wordpress-popular-posts-compatible-with-caching-plugins)
   for more details.

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 * ![](https://ps.w.org/wordpress-popular-posts/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1232659)
 * [WP Popular Posts](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/)
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 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Hector Cabrera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hcabrera/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/popular-posts-causing-403/#post-17216140)
 * Status: resolved