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Why is WordPress showing 403 forbidden error in admin panel & admin-ajax.php?

I am using WordPress, My website was working perfectly until I changed the file permission.

admin-ajax.php is showing 403 forbidden error and the rest of the file is working.

due to a 403 error, My website is completely down and now I am not able to understand what permission I have to set for this file. I have tried 777,755,644,640 but still I am getting 403 error

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I thought let me login in admin panel and deactivate the plugin but my admin panel is showing like below image. But, I am 100% sure there is no issue with the plugin. I have deleted the htaccess file and added the new one but still same issue

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I have added the below code in the wp-config.php file and it’s showing perfectly but if I click on any of the menus like, plugin, setting, tool, post, or pages, all the pages are showing 403 forbidden

define('FORCE_SSL_LOGIN', true);
define('FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', true);
define( 'CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS', false );
define( 'SCRIPT_DEBUG', true );

Any idea what permission I have to set? I am using an AWS server.

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  1. 0

    if you are using security plugin something like wordfence or ithemes Security, you need to whitelisted url in your security plugin settings.

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  2. 0

    First you try to disable all of your plugin/theme from FTP or Cpanel, may be any plugin cause an issue.
    Secondly if issue not solve you can replace your .htacess file through Cpanel or ftp

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