Title: Theme Editor Error – Templates 403 Error
Last modified: January 4, 2017

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# Theme Editor Error – Templates 403 Error

 *  [jlatimer3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jlatimer3/)
 * (@jlatimer3)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-editor-error-templates-403-error/)
 * I just did a complete (new) install of WordPress 4.7. I haven’t done any other
   setup, but went to Appearance>Editor and then tried clicking on one of the templates
   to potentially edit it.
 * I received a 403 error stating: Forbidden
 * You don’t have permission to access /wp/wp-admin/theme-editor.php on this server.
   
   Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument
   to handle the request.
 * What should I do? As stated, all I’ve done is installed this brand-new – nothing
   else yet.

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 *  [a2hostingrj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a2hostingrj/)
 * (@a2hostingrj)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-editor-error-templates-403-error/#post-8616217)
 * What theme are you trying to edit?
 *  Thread Starter [jlatimer3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jlatimer3/)
 * (@jlatimer3)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-editor-error-templates-403-error/#post-8617299)
 * I was trying to either the 2016 or 2017 themes. Although it seems as if the error
   appears regardless of which theme I choose.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [jlatimer3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jlatimer3/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-editor-error-templates-403-error/#post-8617299)
 * Status: not resolved

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