Search Form gets 403 Error

  • So basically everytime I add a Search Form to a page i get this error.

    I’ve tried adding things to the htaccess from what I read online and nothing seems to fix it. I can do anything and everything but add a search form, any ideas?

    This is what I get each time add a search form btw:

    Forbidden

    You don’t have permission to access /wp/wp-admin/post.php on this server.
    Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

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  • Hi, @itslino.

    So basically everytime I add a Search Form to a page i get this error.

    By that, do you mean that you’re actually pasting the form code directly into content area of the Edit Page screen?

    If so, then I’m willing to bet there’s something about that code which is triggering your server’s mod_security rules — is that what you were trying to address by making changes to your .htaccess file?

    Thread Starter itslino

    (@itslino)

    @girlieworks

    Yea every time I put it on a edit page I get that error. Is there anyway to check whats causing it?

    Thread Starter itslino

    (@itslino)

    @girlieworks I got it to work but it might be something like what you said… about it being on the servers side cause I just kept attempting to do it 80 times in a row or so and around the 81st try it let me add it. But I’d still like to resolve the issue so I know how to fix it if it were to happen again.

    Was there any resolution here…I’m seeing the same thing…is it cut and paste issues I wonder.?
    Though I’m going through Notepad…

    It works OK on one WP install (test site) but not on another (live site).

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