Title: Website not opening Error: Forbidden
Last modified: October 10, 2025

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# Website not opening Error: Forbidden

 *  Resolved [ahmadsmalik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ahmadsmalik/)
 * (@ahmadsmalik)
 * [6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-not-opening-error-forbidden/)
 * My website is not opening and showing error
 * Forbidden
 * You don’t have permission to access this resource.Server unable to read htaccess
   file, denying access to be safe
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fwebsite-not-opening-error-forbidden%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [George Appiah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gappiah/)
 * (@gappiah)
 * [6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-not-opening-error-forbidden/#post-18676134)
 * The site (front end) opens fine for me:
 * ![](https://i0.wp.com/i.snipboard.io/Sl1Obg.jpg?ssl=1)
 *  Thread Starter [ahmadsmalik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ahmadsmalik/)
 * (@ahmadsmalik)
 * [6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-not-opening-error-forbidden/#post-18676149)
 * You are right. I was opening it with https but it was not opening and showing
   that error but now it is opening and not showing the error. Must have been resolved
   by the hosting provider. Thanks for your time and effort really appreciate it
    -  This reply was modified 6 months ago by [ahmadsmalik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ahmadsmalik/).

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [ahmadsmalik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ahmadsmalik/)
 * Last activity: [6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-not-opening-error-forbidden/#post-18676149)
 * Status: resolved

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