Title: 500 error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# 500 error

 *  [zodiac73](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zodiac73/)
 * (@zodiac73)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-error-9/)
 * Hi. I uploaded wordpress but when going to the installation page /wp-admin/install.
   php to finish off the installation I get:
 * 500 – Internal server error.
    There is a problem with the resource you are looking
   for, and it cannot be displayed.
 * I have checked the file is in that directory, so anyone have any idea what’s 
   gone wrong?
 * TIA for any help 🙂

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 *  [neodan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neodan/)
 * (@neodan)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-error-9/#post-1330303)
 * You need to contact your webhost. Chances are you dont have the sufficient privellages.
   Can you CHMODD the contents to 777?
 *  [directorysieve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/directorysieve/)
 * (@directorysieve)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-error-9/#post-1330370)
 * Which hosting are you using?
 *  [royshap](https://wordpress.org/support/users/royshap/)
 * (@royshap)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-error-9/#post-1330417)
 * seems like a php problem, but you probably can’t do anything but contacting your
   webhost.
 *  Thread Starter [zodiac73](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zodiac73/)
 * (@zodiac73)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-error-9/#post-1330542)
 * I have hosting with bglobaluk; I emailed them and they said I may have something
   mismatched in the config file like a database name or database username but I
   did it all one step at a time so it should be ok.
 * The control panel is plesk which I’m not familiar with so I’ve emailed them for
   a fast pointer to getting these details in the database.
 * I don’t want to change CHMODs yet as the installation instructions didn’t say
   to do it so by my reckoning it should be working without needing to do it?

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 * Last reply from: [zodiac73](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zodiac73/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-error-9/#post-1330542)
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