Title: 500 Internal Server Error
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# 500 Internal Server Error

 *  [hawleyj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hawleyj/)
 * (@hawleyj)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-417/)
 * When I click the “Companies” tab I get a 500 internal server error. Please Advise.
 * Full text below:
 * 500: Internal server error
 * This error is generated when a script running on the server could not be implemented
   or permissions are incorrectly assigned for files or directories
 * Troubleshooting suggestions:
 * Temporarily disable any rewrite rules by renaming your .htaccess file if it exists.
 * Ensure that any CGI or Perl scripts have at least .755. permissions.
 * If trying to run PHP and you get this error, you may have an invalid php.ini 
   in your /cgi-bin, or may be missing your php.dat file in this folder.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/paypal-wp-button-manager/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/paypal-wp-button-manager/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [angelleye](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelleye/)
 * (@angelleye)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-417/#post-6386288)
 * This has not been reported from any others users and I have not been able to 
   reproduce it myself. I’m guessing there could be a conflicting plugin or something
   in the theme conflicting.
 * Can you try disabling other plugins temporarily to see if the problem goes away?
 * 500 errors typically mean there is a PHP error happening, so another thing I 
   would suggest is enabling WP_DEBUG in your wp-config.php file. You can add it
   like this if it’s not already in there.
 * define(‘WP_DEBUG’, TRUE);
 * Then we should see an actual error of some kind and that will help figure out
   where the issue is.
 *  Plugin Contributor [angelleye](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelleye/)
 * (@angelleye)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-417/#post-6386447)
 * Were you able to come up with any more info for me on this? Are you still having
   problems?

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 * [PayPal WP Button Manager](https://wordpress.org/plugins/paypal-wp-button-manager/)
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 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [angelleye](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelleye/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-417/#post-6386447)
 * Status: not resolved