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 (no Dashboard access required). 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, 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.
I can’t find .htaccess file. It is not in the root dirrectory. And if I deactivate All In One SEO will my data be lost or not???
I can’t find .htaccess file. It is not in the root dirrectory.
Make sure that your FTP client is set to show invisible or hidden files.
And if I deactivate All In One SEO will my data be lost or not???
No, you won’t lose any data.
Is is possible that there is no .htaccess file? I have heard of it that if u have not changed your permalinks structure, you will not have any .htaccess file.
Is is possible that there is no .htaccess file?
If you never setup custom permalinks, then it’s possible there is no .htaccess file.
If you did setup custom permalinks, then there will definitely be a .htaccess file (they need that to function).
I once changed permalink structure, but never used anything like custom permalinks. Permalinks are auto-generated by wordpress.
If your post links were like ?p=1234, then you won’t have a .htaccess file. If they were anything else, then you will.
I reset the password and this is working just fine now. What might be the problem?
Not sure, passwords should not be causing a 500.
If it every happens again, please got through the big list provided earlier.
