Title: 500 Internal Server Error
Last modified: August 20, 2016
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# 500 Internal Server Error
* Resolved [igors](https://wordpress.org/support/users/igors/)
* (@igors)
* [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-213/)
* After upgrading to 6.3.4 site stopped working and gives “500 Internal Server
Error”.
Restore job fails 🙁
* [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/theme-my-login/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/theme-my-login/)
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* Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
* (@jdembowski)
* Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
* [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-213/#post-3636505)
* That’s not good. Assuming it is that plugin doing it then try this
1. Using [FTP](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients) or whatever filemanagement
tools your host has provided you with navigate to the `wp-content/plugins` directory.
2. Once there locate and delete the `theme-my-login` directory. Just that one directory
and nothing else.
3. Try and re-login to your WordPress dashboard.
* If it’s that plugin that’s causing the 500 error then that should resolve it
for you.
* Thread Starter [igors](https://wordpress.org/support/users/igors/)
* (@igors)
* [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-213/#post-3636506)
* Thanks for the quick response!
Did it – does not help.
* Last update cache – at 6:03 am
Update plugin – at 6:04 am No other action is
taken – just updated the plugin …
* Restart the system – does not help.
A manager is far away and can not: (
* Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
* (@jdembowski)
* Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
* [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-213/#post-3636512)
* > Did it – does not help.
* That’s also not good. 500 Errors (usually) means that your servers PHP is having
bad day and not able to process the code it’s given. It’s technical for “Web
server go BOOM”.
* Do you have access to your web server’s error log file? Your host provider may
be able to assist you with that to find where the problem is exactly.
* Looking at a cached copy of your web server (from your profile here) I don’t
think it’s a WordPress problem.
* These do not work.
* ```
http://your-URL-here/wp-content/themes/arthemia/style.css
http://your-URL-here/readme.html
```
* Those are static files and aren’t supposed to get processed by WordPress. Either
it’s your web server or your `.htaccess` file so try this:
1. Using [FTP](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients) or whatever filemanagement
tools your host has provided you with navigate to your WordPress directory.
2. Once there locate and **rename** the `.htaccess` file. Don’t delete it this
time just rename it to `.htaccess-old` or something.
3. Try and re-login to your WordPress dashboard.
* If that does work then visit your `http://your-URL-here/wp-admin/options-permalink.
php` and re-save your permalinks. That should produce a new `.htaccess` file
for you.
* Thread Starter [igors](https://wordpress.org/support/users/igors/)
* (@igors)
* [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-213/#post-3636515)
* Thank you!
It works!
* The problem was .htaccess. After the upgrade, it was this:
==
* ```
# BEGIN WordPress
...
# END WordPress
leshooting purposes only
# BEGIN WordPress
...
# END WordPress
```
* The problem is double?
* Tell me, can I return the plug in place?
* Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
* (@jdembowski)
* Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
* [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-213/#post-3636530)
* Since it wasn’t the plugin that caused your problem then I think you can…
* Thread Starter [igors](https://wordpress.org/support/users/igors/)
* (@igors)
* [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-213/#post-3636531)
* The fact that the file .htaccess was changed exactly at 6:04, as the plugin.
Is not this plugin to change it?
* Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
* (@jdembowski)
* Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
* [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-213/#post-3636539)
* It may be but I’m not familiar with that plugin. If the plugin modifies the `.
htaccess` file then it may have gotten confused with what was already in the
file.
* Try re-installing the plugin with what you have and see if the same problem comes
up again. If it does then fix it as above and perhaps the plugin author will
chime in on this issue.
* Plugin Author [Jeff Farthing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jfarthing84/)
* (@jfarthing84)
* [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-213/#post-3636564)
* The plugin calls the WordPress function flush_rewrite_rules on activation.
* Thread Starter [igors](https://wordpress.org/support/users/igors/)
* (@igors)
* [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-213/#post-3636567)
* Hello, Jeff Farthing!
Do I understand correctly that the plugin changes the
file .htaccess?
* Plugin Author [Jeff Farthing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jfarthing84/)
* (@jfarthing84)
* [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-213/#post-3636572)
* No, it doesn’t. It refreshes permalink rules and **WP** rewrites the _.htaccess_
file.
* Thread Starter [igors](https://wordpress.org/support/users/igors/)
* (@igors)
* [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-213/#post-3636574)
* Clear.
Just suddenly coincided update the plugin and change the .htaccess file.
* Thank you!
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