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403 Forbidden nginx When accessing Reporting #1089

Closed Redmark53 closed 8 months ago

Redmark53 commented 8 months ago

Matomo is installed and tracking enabled. When clicking on Reporting or Tag Manager, it opens blank page with "403 Forbidden nginx" at top. URL is: https://benzagel.ca/wp-content/plugins/matomo/app/index.php?idSite=1

Debugging has been enabled in wp-config.php. Server says both Apache and nginx are running. Site is running on Cloudways Managed Server with WordPress 6.4.3

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diosmosis commented 8 months ago

Hi @Redmark53, this is a webserver configuration issue. Your nginx configuration is not allowing access to the /wp-content/plugins/matomo/app/index.php file or is forwarding the request to a different file.

This FAQ: https://matomo.org/faq/wordpress/403-error-matomo-for-wordpress-plugin/ may have information that will allow you to solve this problem yourself. Otherwise you may have to contact Cloudways.

Redmark53 commented 8 months ago

Thanks @diosmosis, this worked. I was able to find the setting in Cloudways that enables Direct PHP Files Access. The Matomo Reporting page pops right open now.