Error code 403 after clicking on WP menu bar

  • I finally was able to login to our WP website, but whenever I click anything on the Word Press menu bar I am brought to an Error page.

    403: Forbidden

    This error message is generated when the web server is trying to access a file that does not exist or has been configured incorrectly

    Troubleshooting suggestions:

    Ensure that you have a valid home page defined in your website directory (example: /htdocs/index.html, /htdocs/index.php). On Unix, this is case sensitive and must be all lower case.

    In your Account Manager, under Hosting Tools, click to .Reset File Permissions..

    Our hosting is through network solutions.
    Our site has not been accessed in about 2-3 years. I am trying to bring it back to life.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    As the error indicates, 403 forbidden means that your browser isn’t able to load the scripts up because your server isn’t allowing it. This is a hard one to solve. Because anything could be blocking the server.
    – Most likely this is a server permissions/ownership issue, so ask your host what’s going on
    – check your .htaccess files for anything strange.
    – try a full Manual Upgrade, to make sure all the WordPress files are there and correct..
    – Make sure to backup everything (including database) before doing any action, in case.

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