Title: Search Console 403 errors
Last modified: April 20, 2022

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# Search Console 403 errors

 *  Resolved [kiwihawk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kiwihawk/)
 * (@kiwihawk)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-console-403-errors/)
 * I got a message from the Search Console saying this:
 * > Search Console has identified that your site is affected by 1 Coverage issue(
   > s):
   >  Errors can prevent your page or feature from appearing in Search results.
   > The following errors were found on your site:
   > **Submitted URL returned 403**
 * When I check the individual pages (there are 54 of them) under Index – Coverage,
   they all show this:
 * **Page fetch Failed: Blocked due to access forbidden (403)**
 * The pages display ok in the browser, so I’m presuming its an indexing problem.
 * **But why, and how to fix this?**
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fsearch-console-403-errors%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Support [James Osborne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesosborne/)
 * (@jamesosborne)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-console-403-errors/#post-15577727)
 * Hi there [@kiwihawk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kiwihawk/),
 * While we’re limited to Site Kit specific queries here in the support forums when
   it comes to such Search Console errors there are a number of reasons for a 403
   error on some URLs. I don’t see anything obvious from checking your site, including
   checking your robots.txt file. For that reason you’ll need to reach out to the
   [Search Console Help Center](https://support.google.com/webmasters/?hl=en#topic=9128571)
   for further assistance on this, where the product experts would be able to assist
   more than we can here in plugin support.
 * Along with checking this with the Help Center you may also wish to check your
   directory permissions for your site, from your hosting control panel. This is
   based on a [similar query in the Search Console help forums](https://support.google.com/webmasters/thread/72950093/page-fetch-failed-blocked-due-to-access-forbidden-403?hl=en),
   and from checking this error from other online resources.
 * Sorry we can’t be of more assistance on this. Best of luck with your site.

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 * Last reply from: [James Osborne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesosborne/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-console-403-errors/#post-15577727)
 * Status: resolved