Getting a 403 response code - what's the best way to troubleshoot it? or Why am I seeing a 403 respon

Had this once because of a typo in my file permissions—thought 755 was fine, but the *parent* folder was 700. D’oh!

Run `namei -l /path/to/file` to see permissions at every level.

Also, if you’re on WordPress, some security plugins (like Wordfence) can throw 403s if they detect "suspicious" behavior.