My website says 500 Internal server error and I can't log into my wordpress…

  • Resolved johnnyr860

    (@johnnyr860)


    9 years, 7 months ago

    I was trying to edit the formation theme on my website and I went to remove some of the code from the theme functions part of the editor by going to appearance> editor and then selecting the section that says theme functions. But for some reason when I removed the code and hit save and tried to preview my website it gives me this 500 Internal Server Error.

    I tried to hit the back button in my browser and insert the code again and then hit save but the 500 Internal error message came up. If I type in my site.com/wp-admin it won’t even take me to the wordpress login it just gives me 500 internal error. My website is http://creativeonlinegenius.com/ Any ideas on how to fix this? I am afraid I have lost all the work I have been working on.

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    9 years, 7 months ago

    You theme probably really needed the code you deleted. 😉

    Access your server via FTP or SFTP and replace the theme file you edited with a new unedited file from a freshly downloaded version of the theme.

    Thread Starter johnnyr860

    (@johnnyr860)

    9 years, 7 months ago

    But how do I get the theme I downloaded if I can’t access my wordpress login? The theme that I used was the formation theme and I got it by doing a search for a new theme directly in the wordpress dashboard using the appearance> themes option. I am not sure how to gain access to said file that you are talking about.

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    9 years, 7 months ago

    You need to use FTP or SFTP, as mentioned above, to access your theme and replace the file.

    http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients

    To get a fresh copy, you’ll download the theme from wherever you downloaded it from in the first place, or http://wordpress.org/themes/ if you originally installed the theme via your Dashboard.

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