PLEASE HELP! After change to perma-link settings, site keeps reverting to 403

  • Hey everyone,

    I really hope you can help, as I majorly screwed up. After changing the perma-link settings on my wordpress installation at kikicomm.de from default to numeric, I got a “403 Forbidden” error for all parts of the site and even the admin panel.

    After googling the problem, I tried to edit my htaccess file to read:

    # BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /KiKiComm/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /KiKiComm/index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress

    This particular WP installation is located in a sub-folder of my html called “KiKiComm”, so I gathered that should be right. Unfortunately, that did absolutely nothing.

    Deleting the htaccess file restored the site, but the file keeps regenerating. Next, I tried emptying the htaccess file and saving it like that. That allows me to access the page and the admin panel again, but none of my links work anymore, and any attempt to change the perma-link settings once more unfailably leads to another 403.

    Please help, guys! I’m honestly clueless here, and I need this site functioning asap. ?? If at all possible, please try to be as specific as possible, since I’m really new to this whole webhosting deal. Hope you can lend me a hand here.Perma

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  • Hi,

    -> Disable all the plugins and enable it one by one to find out the culprit.

    Add this code in htaccess:

    # BEGIN WordPress

    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    ErrorDocument 404 /index.php?error=404
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
    </IfModule>

    # END WordPress

    Now, have a check with old and new posts.

    Thanks,

    Shane G.

    Thread Starter viros

    (@viros)

    Hey Shane,

    it still gives me a 403 ??

    Ok, so I *again* ended up deleting the httaccess file. I can once again access the site and the admin panel, — but not one link works, and as soon I as try to change the permalinks back to default via the settings panel, I get a 403 all over again. What do I do? ??

    Thread Starter viros

    (@viros)

    Eureka! Figured it out:

    In case any unlucky newb ever encounters the same problem, — it’s actually pretty simple:

    If you get a 403, simple delete the httaccess file. This will allow you to get back into your admin panel, although none of the links on your blog will work. To change that, go to “settings” and change the permalink options back to “default”. When you hit “save”, you will *again* get a 403 error, — but the change has been made nonetheless! Simply delete the newly created httaccess file again, and you’re site should be up and running again.

    This won’t help if you have your heart set on changing the permalink structure, of course, but I was good enough for me.

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