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This block contains unexpected or invalid content — WordPress: This block contains unexpected or invalid content. Attempt Block Recovery (WordPress)This block …403 Forbidden wp-admin — WordPress: 403 Forbidden on wp-admin, wp-login.php or admin-ajax.php (WordPress)403 Forbidden wp-ad…Are you sure you want to do this? — WordPress: Are you sure you want to do this? Please try again. (nonce check failed) (WordPress)Are you sure you wa…Not a valid JSON response — WordPress: Updating failed. The response is not a valid JSON response. (WordPress)Not a valid JSON re…The editor has encountered an unexpected error — WordPress block editor: The editor has encountered an unexpected error (Attempt Recovery / Copy Error) (WordPress)The editor has enco…Another update is currently in progress — WordPress: Another update is currently in progress. (WordPress)Another update is c…You are probably offline — WordPress: Updating failed. You are probably offline. (WordPress)You are probably of…An automated WordPress update has failed — An automated WordPress update has failed to complete - please attempt the update again now (WordPress)An automated WordPr…404 except homepage — WordPress: 404 Not Found on every page except the homepage (permalinks / .htaccess / Nginx rules) (WordPress)404 except homepage403 — HTTP 403 Forbidden (HTTP)403webhook signature — Webhook signature verification failed (Stripe, Razorpay, GitHub…) (API)webhook signatureNot allowed — WordPress: Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page. (WordPress)Not allowedLink expired — WordPress: The link you followed has expired (WordPress)Link expiredSecurityException: Permission Denial — java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial ... requires android.permission.X (Android)SecurityException: …file type is not permitted — WordPress: Sorry, you are not allowed to upload this file type / Sorry, this file type is not permitted for security reasons (WordPress)file type is not pe…SyntaxError: JSON — SyntaxError: Unexpected token < in JSON at position 0 (JavaScript)SyntaxError: JSONHeaders already sent — Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent (PHP)Headers already sentCritical error — WordPress: There Has Been a Critical Error on This Website (WordPress)Critical error1101 — Cloudflare Error 1101: Worker threw exception (Cloudflare)1101Maintenance mode — WordPress: Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute. (WordPress)Maintenance modeCookies are blocked — WordPress login: Error: Cookies are blocked or not supported by your browser. You must enable cookies to use WordPress. (WordPress)Cookies are blockedMissed schedule — WordPress: Missed schedule — scheduled posts not publishing (WP-Cron not running) (WordPress)Missed schedulerest_no_route — WordPress REST API: {"code":"rest_no_route","message":"No route was found matching the URL and request method."} (WordPress)rest_no_routerest_forbidden — WordPress REST API: {"code":"rest_forbidden","message":"Sorry, you are not allowed to do that."} (401/403) (WordPress)rest_forbiddenThe REST API encountered an error — Site Health: The REST API encountered an error / Your site could not complete a loopback request (cURL error 28) (WordPress)The REST API encoun…Download failed — WordPress: Download failed. A valid URL was not provided / cURL error 60 / Could not resolve host: downloads.wordpress.org (WordPress)Download failed404 — HTTP 404 Not Found (HTTP)404Primary script unknown — FastCGI sent in stderr: "Primary script unknown" (PHP)Primary script unkn…444 — Nginx 444 No Response (connection closed without response) (HTTP)444

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403 Forbidden wp-adminWordPress

WordPress: 403 Forbidden on wp-admin, wp-login.php or admin-ajax.php

The server or a security layer refused access to WordPress admin URLs — file permissions, a security plugin/WAF rule, ModSecurity…

Are you sure you want to do this?WordPress

WordPress: Are you sure you want to do this? Please try again. (nonce check failed)

A WordPress security nonce didn’t validate — the page was open too long, cached, or a plugin/theme form is broken.

Not a valid JSON responseWordPress

WordPress: Updating failed. The response is not a valid JSON response.

The block editor saved via the REST API but got HTML or an error page back — broken permalinks, a security plugin/WAF, or PHP out…

The editor has encountered an unexpected errorWordPress

WordPress block editor: The editor has encountered an unexpected error (Attempt Recovery / Copy Error)

A JavaScript error broke the block editor — usually a plugin/theme block script conflict, cached old scripts, or a browser extens…

Another update is currently in progressWordPress

WordPress: Another update is currently in progress.

WordPress thinks an update is running because the core_updater.lock option exists — usually left behind by a failed/interrupted u…

You are probably offlineWordPress

WordPress: Updating failed. You are probably offline.

The block editor’s save request to the REST API failed — network blip, REST API blocked, or the server returned an error/HTML.

An automated WordPress update has failedWordPress

An automated WordPress update has failed to complete - please attempt the update again now

A background core update stopped mid-way, so WordPress asks you to run it again (and may be stuck in maintenance mode).

404 except homepageWordPress

WordPress: 404 Not Found on every page except the homepage (permalinks / .htaccess / Nginx rules)

Pretty permalinks aren’t being routed to index.php — .htaccess is missing/ignored (Apache) or Nginx lacks try_files.

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403HTTP

HTTP 403 Forbidden

The server understood the request but refuses to authorize it — you (or the server process) are not allowed to access this resour…

webhook signatureAPI

Webhook signature verification failed (Stripe, Razorpay, GitHub…)

Your endpoint computed a different HMAC signature than the one the provider sent, so the webhook is rejected.

Not allowedWordPress

WordPress: Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page.

Your user role lacks the capability for that admin screen — or the database table prefix / user capabilities are out of sync afte…

Link expiredWordPress

WordPress: The link you followed has expired

Usually an upload (theme, plugin, media) larger than PHP’s upload/post limits — WordPress receives an empty request and shows thi…

SecurityException: Permission DenialAndroid

java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial ... requires android.permission.X

The app called an API that needs a permission it hasn’t declared or the user hasn’t granted at runtime.

file type is not permittedWordPress

WordPress: Sorry, you are not allowed to upload this file type / Sorry, this file type is not permitted for security reasons

WordPress blocked the upload because the file extension/MIME type isn’t in its allowed list (SVG, JSON, WEBP on old versions, fon…

SyntaxError: JSONJavaScript

SyntaxError: Unexpected token < in JSON at position 0

`JSON.parse()` / `response.json()` received something that isn’t JSON — very often an HTML error page.

Headers already sentPHP

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent

You called `header()`, `setcookie()` or `session_start()` after output had already been sent to the browser.

Critical errorWordPress

WordPress: There Has Been a Critical Error on This Website

A PHP fatal error (usually from a plugin or theme) stopped WordPress; the real error is in the debug log or recovery-mode email.

1101Cloudflare

Cloudflare Error 1101: Worker threw exception

The Cloudflare Worker serving this route threw an uncaught JavaScript exception.

Maintenance modeWordPress

WordPress: Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute.

An update was interrupted and WordPress left its `.maintenance` file behind, so the site stays in maintenance mode.

Cookies are blockedWordPress

WordPress login: Error: Cookies are blocked or not supported by your browser. You must enable cookies to use WordPress.

WordPress’s test cookie wasn’t returned on login — often a siteurl/home or domain mismatch, caching of wp-login.php, or headers a…

Missed scheduleWordPress

WordPress: Missed schedule — scheduled posts not publishing (WP-Cron not running)

WP-Cron didn’t fire at the scheduled time, so scheduled posts and tasks (backups, emails, WooCommerce jobs) are late.

rest_no_routeWordPress

WordPress REST API: {"code":"rest_no_route","message":"No route was found matching the URL and request method."}

The REST endpoint doesn’t exist for that URL and HTTP method — wrong namespace/route, plugin not active, or route registered too…

rest_forbiddenWordPress

WordPress REST API: {"code":"rest_forbidden","message":"Sorry, you are not allowed to do that."} (401/403)

The REST request isn’t authenticated or the user lacks the capability required by the route’s permission_callback.

The REST API encountered an errorWordPress

Site Health: The REST API encountered an error / Your site could not complete a loopback request (cURL error 28)

WordPress couldn’t call itself over HTTP — needed for the block editor, cron, plugin/theme editors and Site Health.

Download failedWordPress

WordPress: Download failed. A valid URL was not provided / cURL error 60 / Could not resolve host: downloads.wordpress.org

WordPress couldn’t download an update package — outbound HTTP blocked, DNS failure, SSL CA issues, or a premium plugin license UR…

404HTTP

HTTP 404 Not Found

The server can’t find anything at the requested URL.

Primary script unknownPHP

FastCGI sent in stderr: "Primary script unknown"

Nginx passed a script path to PHP-FPM that PHP-FPM couldn’t find — usually a wrong SCRIPT_FILENAME or root.

444HTTP

Nginx 444 No Response (connection closed without response)

An Nginx-specific code: the server deliberately closed the connection without sending anything — a rule is dropping the request.