WordPress 403 Forbidden Error bug in Admin Dashboard
If you are experiencing problem where Dashboard is not displayed correctly and/or have 403 Forbidden error.
You login into wordpress admin and, uh oh!? You see this.
when you are trying to access links from dashboard or create post. This helps you to solve the 403 problem which is quite common for WordPress users. The problem core can be found in wp-config.sys file. By default the ”CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS” is set to ”true”. This creates the problem so it must be set off with state ”false”
Steps 1. Open wp-config. Copy and paste this code:
define( ‘CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS’, false );
define( ‘SCRIPT_DEBUG’, true );
paste it after code that says ”/**Absolute path…” starting in line 90 ending line 93 with bracket }
/** Absolute path to the WordPress directory. */
if ( ! defined( ’ABSPATH’ ) ) {
define( ’ABSPATH’, DIR . ’/’ );
}
define( ‘CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS’, false );
define( ‘SCRIPT_DEBUG’, true );
Please see tips from these pages
https://manovotny.com/fix-wordpress-admin-styles-not-loading
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-dashboard-not-displayed-properly
403 Forbidden Error in WordPress: What is it & How to Fix? (cloudways.com)