Add listing 403 error

I’ve tracked down what is causing the problem by uninstalling all the non GeoDirectory plugins at a blog and network level.

I’m using a multisite install (version 4.3.1–en_GB).

It looks like the plugin WordPress MU Domain Mapping (version 0.5.5.1) that I use to map my domains to individual blogs is conflicting with GeoDirectory. When I turn this off on a network level after clicking on a link to the add listing page (when not logged in) I get redirected to the login / register forms correctly.

This is a problem. I might have to find an alternative plugin to map my domains.

I’m not sure I entirely understand the question.

I did have the GeoDirectory plugins installed on the parent site for my multisite network (I think you have to do this before the auto updates will work?).

But I uninstalled GeoDirectory and all its addons from everything but the blog I need them on. This didn’t make any difference to the 403 errors.

I since have installed all the updates you released on Nov 10th but this also hasn’t made any difference.

Ok so I got this to work but only after trying a number of things and I’m not sure which was the change that made the difference.

1. I followed the WordPress MU Domain Mapping installation instructions again and reviewed my settings to check I was using the latest code: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-mu-domain-mapping/installation/
2. I checked I was using the latest version of PHP with my hosts control panel. It was already 5.5 but I changed this to PHP curl.

This didn’t seem to help as I was still getting an error for /add-listing/

I also tried a few different .htaccess files, but at this point I realised the /add-listing/ page and my detail pages were all returning 404 errors (but not the homepage).

So I reverted to my original .htaccess then uninstalled all my plugins and reactivated the GeoDirectory ones (bulk activation).

This time the /add-listing/ page worked but all my listings returned 404.

The data was obviously still there and the homepage and maps were filled with listings. So I tried to get the detail pages to work by republishing them and changing slugs etc. This didn’t work.

So I again uninstalled my plugins but reactivated the core GeoDirectory plugin to check that worked before activating the rest.

This did work with both /add-listing/ and detail pages are working correctly with all the GeoDirectory plugins activated.

So maybe this is a case of the plugins needing to be activated in a certain order to ensure all of the pages and permalinks are applied correctly?

So the fix I found previously didn’t work for long then the Add Listing page broke again and started to 403 without me having changed anything. And nothing I have tried since has made it work again.

Just to recap. When I’m logged out and navigate to the ‘Add Listing’ page I don’t get redirected to the login page with the sign in and register forms, but get a 403 error instead. When logged in I get the correct Add Listing form.

This obviously isn’t much good now that I want to start emailing people to claim listings and register accounts.

So this site I’m having trouble with is a node on a Multisite network. And I tried setting up GeoDirectory on the parent node to see if I could recreate the issue. But that one works fine. I get redirected to the login / registration page when I navigate to the Add Listing page without any problem. So I’m guessing this isn’t a problem with my .htaccess file or installation and might be to do with odd settings on this specific blog.

Also I have another WordPress Multisite installation on another server set up and I haven’t had any problem with that (which is also a node not the parent). I just can’t figure out what is the difference that is causing the problem.

I’ve tried changing permalinks and turning plugins on and off. At the moment I’ve only got the core GeoDirectory plugin active on the blog and I still have the problem. I’ve got some network activated plugins active. But deactivating those also doesn’t work.