Best 403 plugins for WordPress
The most popular 403 plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Custom Error Pages leads with 500+ active installs, ahead of F4 Error Pages (200+). All 3 plugins tagged “403” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 403 plugins
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Custom Error PagesThe most installed 403 plugin, with 500+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 12 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
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F4 Error Pages200+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 3 plugins tagged “403”
Custom Error Pages
Up in the last 7 days:11#8,797by Jesin A3 years ago
Create custom 401 and 403 error pages with any WordPress theme without writing a single line of code, set it up and forget it.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day
F4 Error Pages
Up in the last 7 days:73#11,444by FAKTOR VIER1 month ago
With this simple plugin you can assign custom pages (with custom content etc.) as error pages. This works for 404 (page not found) and 403 (forbidden/ …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day