Title: server error (403 forbidden) when saving
Last modified: November 17, 2018

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# server error (403 forbidden) when saving

 *  Resolved [philodance](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philodance/)
 * (@philodance)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-error-403-forbidden-when-saving/)
 * my only plugins are: Elementor and Ocean Extra
    both newest version, but also
   tried with older versions of elementor its not possible to save any changes –
   always says: server error (403 forbidden) when saving – checked all file and 
   directory rights – i use original htaccess
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fserver-error-403-forbidden-when-saving%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [benhasler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benhasler/)
 * (@benhasler)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-error-403-forbidden-when-saving/#post-10900614)
 * i am having the same issue all of a sudden :0(
 *  [gerlav31](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gerlav31/)
 * (@gerlav31)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-error-403-forbidden-when-saving/#post-10920839)
 * Same here, I have tried every single step I found on internet but I still face
   the issue.
 *  [yveskes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yveskes/)
 * (@yveskes)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-error-403-forbidden-when-saving/#post-11055430)
 * any news on this?
 *  [Lisa R](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lisaelementor/)
 * (@lisaelementor)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-error-403-forbidden-when-saving/#post-11059462)
 * Hey thread,
    Check out this document: [https://docs.elementor.com/article/185-the-update-button-does-not-work](https://docs.elementor.com/article/185-the-update-button-does-not-work)
 * It should help!
 *  [whirple1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whirple1/)
 * (@whirple1)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-error-403-forbidden-when-saving/#post-11244606)
 * Yes, I’m having the same issue. I’m using Elementor v2.4.7 with Astra
 * Everything seemed to be fine when I worked on two sites a couple of weeks ago,
   now when I try to update either of them I get a 403 error message every time.
   
   As somebody noticed on another thread, for some reason this only affects sub 
   pages, the home pages can still be edited and updated.
 * I see that Elementor supports up to WordPress version 5.03, and I’m now on 5.1,
   so wondering whether this may be causing problems.
 * Have tried deactivating all plugins apart from Elementor and reverting to earlier
   versions of Elementor but it still doesn’t work.
 * Lisa: the document you’ve listed says that 403 errors are probably either caused
   by security plugins or the hosting companies firewalls. It doesn’t seem to be
   the problem in this case, any ideas please?
 *  [whirple1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whirple1/)
 * (@whirple1)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-error-403-forbidden-when-saving/#post-11250733)
 * For anyone else having this issue, my problems were caused by the server’s firewall(
   ModSecurity). My service provider fixed this today and it now works again.
 * Thanks to Lucas for working this out!

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