# Can't create Wiki (as admin)
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-create-wiki-as-admin/309309
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** wiki-posts
**Created:** [May 24, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-create-wiki-as-admin/309309 "2024-05-24T15:28:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-create-wiki-as-admin/309309/1 "2024-05-24T15:28:52Z")
Our Discourse instance displays a 403 error with the message: “You are not permitted to view the requested resource” when attempting to edit a post as Wiki.
What could be causing this issue? There is no related information in `/logs`.
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### Author:  [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-create-wiki-as-admin/309309/2 "2024-05-24T15:32:28Z")
Could you watch the browser console logs, and see if anything odd pops up there?
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### Author:  [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-create-wiki-as-admin/309309/3 "2024-05-24T17:48:02Z")
Of course, as I said I get → `403 “You are not permitted to view the requested resource”`
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-create-wiki-as-admin/309309/4 "2024-05-24T17:53:46Z")
Just to be sure, now the admin settings are group-allowed could you give them a once over to make sure admin and mod are default included for editing wikis (and maybe others if you have tags or images in there)
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### Author:  [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-create-wiki-as-admin/309309/5 "2024-05-24T18:06:51Z")
I mean like anything besides the 403, is anything else erroring?
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### Author:  [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-create-wiki-as-admin/309309/6 "2024-05-25T22:50:40Z")
> [@JammyDodger](#):
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> Just to be sure, now the admin settings are group-allowed could you give them a once over to make sure admin and mod are default included for editing wikis (and maybe others if you have tags or images in there)
Both added, for sure. Thanks for your reply.
> [@Firepup650](#):
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> I mean like anything besides the 403, is anything else erroring?
I understand but there is nothing more (!)
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### Author:  [@jenmck](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jenmck)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2026, 12:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-create-wiki-as-admin/309309/7 "2026-01-08T00:52:15Z")
I’m having trouble making a wiki post as well. I’m getting this error when trying to make one of my own posts a wiki, as well as trying to make another user’s post a wiki.
- I’m an admin
- `Edit wiki post allowed groups` is set to admins, moderators, everyone
- `Self wiki allowed groups` is set to admins, moderators, everyone
- `Edit post allowed groups` is set to admins, moderators, tl0
- `Edit all post groups` is set to admins, moderators, tl4
- The category’s security settings are set to allow `everyone` to see, reply, and create
- The category does not have `Make new topics wikis by default` enabled - nor should it be, not every post should be a wiki in this category
- The category does not have any category moderators
- I tried to change post ownership to myself and make the post a wiki - did not work
- I logged in as a test user with tl3 and created a post - did not work
- I tried impersonating the user who made the post, to try and make it a wiki - did not work
- I tried creating my own post and making it a wiki - did not work
- I tried running the site in [safe mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/53504?silent=true) - did not work
I’m kind of out of ideas now, not sure what else to try!
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2026, 1:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-create-wiki-as-admin/309309/8 "2026-01-08T01:05:26Z")
Do you use any unofficial plugins?
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### Author:  [@jenmck](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jenmck)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2026, 2:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-create-wiki-as-admin/309309/10 "2026-01-08T02:01:09Z")
Yes:
- BBcode tabs
- Discourse Category Restrictor
- Custom Wizard
- Dynamic Groups
- Landing Pages
- Private Replies
- Private Topics
I went through and disabled each of these one by one and tested each time - still no luck. I disabled all of them, still no luck. I also tried running the site in [safe mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/53504?silent=true), and it didn’t work either.
edited to add: I also just updated the site to v2026.01.0-latest and still no luck.
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### Author:  [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2026, 3:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-create-wiki-as-admin/309309/11 "2026-01-08T03:26:55Z")
> [@jenmck](#):
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> also tried running the site in [safe mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/53504?silent=true), and it didn’t work either.
Hi Jen - are there any errors showing up in the console when you get the error message in the UI?
I’ve tried to replicate your settings on one of my self-hosted instances, but I cannot reproduce the issue and I can create and edit wiki posts as expected.
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### Author:  [@jenmck](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jenmck)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2026, 3:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-create-wiki-as-admin/309309/12 "2026-01-08T03:47:27Z")
Yes - here’s what I’ve got in the console. Before I updated to v2026.01, there weren’t any references to `video-thumbnail` or `video-placeholder`. There aren’t any videos at all anywhere on this dev instance.
Here’s the console:
Here’s the response headers:
edited to add: I created a new category and enabled `Make new topics wikis by default`. I was able to make a new topic in this category which was a wiki. However, I get the same error as before when i click on `Remove Wiki` for that post.
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### Author:  [@jenmck](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jenmck)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2026, 4:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-create-wiki-as-admin/309309/13 "2026-01-13T04:07:27Z")
Updated our production instance over the weekend, and this issue still persists - both on our dev instance and live instance. Not quite sure where to go from here ☹
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### Author:  [@renato](https://meta.discourse.org/u/renato)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2026, 2:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-create-wiki-as-admin/309309/14 "2026-01-13T14:48:51Z")
> [@jenmck](#):
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> disabled each of these one by one and tested each time - still no luck
Considering we can’t reproduce it without your custom plugins, it’s very likely that some of these plugins are not fully disabled – they execute code regardless of being enabled –, and by their naming they seem to be overriding some of the guardians, which could lead to this Forbidden response.
I’d comment out these plugins from the YML file, rebuild, and test – just to be sure.
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### Author:  [@jenmck](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jenmck)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2026, 10:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-create-wiki-as-admin/309309/15 "2026-01-16T22:24:40Z")
Aha, I found it, thanks for the suggestion!
It’s the [category mod enhancer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-moderators-enhancer/268065) plugin that caused the issue.
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2026, 10:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-create-wiki-as-admin/309309/16 "2026-01-16T22:45:10Z")
> [@jenmck](#):
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> [category mod enhancer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-moderators-enhancer/268065) plugin
It would have been helpful if you had shared that when I asked which plugins you have installed. I tried to reproduce the problem with all the ones you mentioned, but wasn’t able to find anything.
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### Author:  [@jenmck](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jenmck)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2026, 11:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-create-wiki-as-admin/309309/17 "2026-01-16T23:15:09Z")
My apologies - I honestly just missed it in the list when I was scrolling through. An oversight on my part!
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2026, 10:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-create-wiki-as-admin/309309/18 "2026-09-10T22:28:55Z")
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