Title: woocommerce_rest_cannot_create
Last modified: January 3, 2018

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# woocommerce_rest_cannot_create

 *  Resolved [techtest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/techtest/)
 * (@techtest)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/woocommerce_rest_cannot_create/)
 * hi,
 * i am trying to create user using woocommece rest api, but getting following error.
 * ‘{
    “code”: “woocommerce_rest_cannot_create”, “message”: “Sorry, you are not 
   allowed to create resources.”, “data”: { “status”: 403 } }’
 * while able to see products / orders etc, issues is with login and creating new
   user.
 * i have tried after removing all plugins and using standard storefront theme, 
   but it was of no help, issues remains.
 * just wanted to know, what can be the problem, a hint will do.
 * thanks in advance..

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 *  [Joel Williams](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joelwills/)
 * (@joelwills)
 * Automattic Happiness Engineer
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/woocommerce_rest_cannot_create/#post-9859672)
 * Hi there!
 * This is usually a .htaccess issue. Take a look at this thread that has various
   solutions for different situations:
 * [https://github.com/WP-API/Basic-Auth/issues/35](https://github.com/WP-API/Basic-Auth/issues/35)
 * Hopefully that will help you!
 *  [Rynald0s](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rynald0s/)
 * (@rynald0s)
 * Automattic Happiness Engineer
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/woocommerce_rest_cannot_create/#post-9887028)
 * Howdy!
 * We haven’t heard back from you in a while, so I’m going to go ahead and mark 
   this thread as resolved. If you have any other questions please start a new thread.
 * Cheers!

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 * Last reply from: [Rynald0s](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rynald0s/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/woocommerce_rest_cannot_create/#post-9887028)
 * Status: resolved