Thanks K3
I’ll keep trying to track downs what’s causing my issues
your mention of htaccess may set me on the right track
seems I installed better WP security and that wanted access to that HT file. Don’t believe I use any other programs that use short codes-not sure-rather new to WP
1. it is activated
2 my guess and trying to remember what I’ve installed that might have broken it, I’ve deactivated several but the ones I’ve tried have had no affect on GDE