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Fixing Access Forbidden (403) issues after migrating WordPress to a static site

9 February 2023 / Apache, Migration, SEO, Sys Admin, troubleshooting, WordPress / Anthony Lopez-Vito

After migrating a WordPress site to static files, Google Search Console may start sending you notifications about page indexing problems. Often the issue will be marked as ‘Blocked due to access forbidden (403)’. In this article I will explain in detail why this happens and a simple solution to fix it.

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Preserving SEO during a Drupal to WordPress migration

This article is about preserving SEO during a Drupal to WordPress migration. It’s not about which platform is better. A web search will bring up many articles about the relative SEO merits of Drupal versus WordPress. I’ve found the best summary on that topic in a forum post by Drupal.org user and developer, John Birchall: