Installation bringing up error 403 – forbidden

  • When I try and setup my site – https://www.simplyforparents.co.uk/wp-admin I cannot even see wordpress to install.

    I have uploaded the file using an FTP program so I’m not sure what the problem could be. My FTP has 2 main folders:

    – Logs
    – WordPress

    Does anyone know the reason why wordpress is not installing?

    Thanks
    Matt

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  • If you are installing to the ftp directory it is not Web accessible. You need to put the files in the web directory. Sometimes called: public_html, www, httpdocs or similar. Check weith your hosting company who usually have it in their FAQ.

    Ok. Check two things:

    1. Is wordpress folder uploaded directly under the root of your domain or under a sub-directory?

    I think this is the problem. You have uploaded wordpress to a folder named ‘WordPress’ under your domain root. Which means that you will have to install wordpress by: https://www.simplyforparents.com/Wordpress/wp-admin
    By doing this, your blog address would become https://www.simplyforparents.com/Wordpress

    If you don’t want that happening and you want the blog directly under https://www.simplyforparents.com then copy all the files inside the “WordPress” directory and copy them directly to the domain root. (Right where the “WordPress directory is present)
    Now you can install by using: https://www.simplyforparents.com/wp-admin/

    2. Check the permissions of the directory.

    Change the permissions of the directory that wordpress is installed to chmod 755.

    Thread Starter mjroche

    (@mjroche)

    Thanks @webjunk and @sterex for replying. It turns out that it was because it was uploaded in another folder. I did what @sterex said and pasted the folder contents into the directory on my FTP program and it worked like a charm. Can now install!

    Thanks again guys,

    Matt

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