for shits and giggles try

Code: 
Options +FollowSymLinks
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress
also you on shared hosting or vps/dedi?
and did you change host or same host as when it was working?
r0ck Reviewed by r0ck on . Problem with htaccess All of a sudden my website started showing "403 Forbidden" error messages. I tried to find the reason for this and read that deleting htaccess could solve the problem, tried with renaming it and my index page of my website started working again. Although all my other pages showed 404 not found. The new htaccess file that was generated was empty. I tried to paste the content of the old file into the empty file again, to revert the change so got 403 Forbidden again. What should I do to Rating: 5