Title: 500 – internal server error
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# 500 – internal server error

 *  [arslanbhatti59](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arslanbhatti59/)
 * (@arslanbhatti59)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-324/)
 * I am getting “500 – internal server error”. I have tried installing wordpress
   in different directories, it works fine for sometime but after sometime there
   starts coming this error. Don’t know how to resolve it. Waiting for quick response.
   Thanks in advance

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-324/#post-5127915)
 * Internal server errors (error 500) are often caused by plugin or theme function
   conflicts, so if you have access to your admin panel, try deactivating all plugins.
   If you don’t have access to your admin panel, try [manually resetting your plugins](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F).
   If that resolves the issue, reactivate each one individually until you find the
   cause.
 * If that does not resolve the issue, try switching to the Twenty Fourteen theme
   to rule-out a theme-specific issue. If you don’t have access to your admin panel,
   access your server via [FTP or SFTP](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients),
   navigate to `/wp-content/themes/` and rename the directory of your currently 
   active theme. This will force the default theme to activate and hopefully rule-
   out a theme-specific issue.
 * If that does not resolve the issue, it’s possible that a `.htaccess` rule could
   be the source of the problem. To check for this, access your server via FTP or
   SFTP and rename the `.htaccess` file. If you can’t find a `.htaccess` file, make
   sure that you have set your FTP or SFTP client to view invisible files.
 * If you weren’t able to resolve the issue by either resetting your plugins and
   theme or renaming your .htaccess file, we may be able to help, but we’ll need
   a more detailed error message. Internal server errors are usually described in
   more detail in the server error log. If you have access to your server error 
   log, generate the error again, note the date and time, then immediately check
   your server error log for any errors that occurred during that time period. If
   you don’t have access to your server error log, ask your hosting provider to 
   look for you.
 *  Thread Starter [arslanbhatti59](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arslanbhatti59/)
 * (@arslanbhatti59)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-324/#post-5127918)
 * Thanks for replying. I have installed wordpress on the following urls
    [http://spmconsulting.net/wp2/](http://spmconsulting.net/wp2/)&
   [http://spmconsulting.net/wp1/](http://spmconsulting.net/wp1/) For first there
   was coming 500-internal server error then I put following lines define(‘WP_DEBUG’,
   true); @ini_set(‘display_errors’, 1); in wp-config.php and Now it shows an error“
   Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘*’ in /wp2/wp-settings.php on line 376”.
   And for the second url its working fine but when I login to its admin, it show
   blank page. Can you please help?
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-324/#post-5127922)
 * So, did you try any of the steps above?
 *  Thread Starter [arslanbhatti59](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arslanbhatti59/)
 * (@arslanbhatti59)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-324/#post-5127925)
 * I am trying. I just have FTP acess because admin panel is not accessible, how
   can I reset plugins using FTP?
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-324/#post-5127933)
 * By following the guide I linked to in the steps above. 😉

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
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 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-324/#post-5127933)
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