Title: 500 – Internal server error. Cannot activate theme.
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# 500 – Internal server error. Cannot activate theme.

 *  Resolved [bikehikeclimb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bikehikeclimb/)
 * (@bikehikeclimb)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-cannot-activate-theme/)
 * I am new to WordPress and made my own theme from a theme template but whenever
   I ever try to activate the theme I get:
 * 500 – Internal server error.
    There is a problem with the resource you are looking
   for, and it cannot be displayed.
 * What cause this? All I have done is change the images of the theme and nothing
   else. The theme itself works…
 * Thanks for your help,
    Kyle King

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 *  [tomontoast](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomontoast/)
 * (@tomontoast)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-cannot-activate-theme/#post-992963)
 * From your description of the error it’s hard to tell. Can you be more specific
   about what version of wordpress you are using, which theme you are using and 
   the steps you went about to produce this error.
 *  Thread Starter [bikehikeclimb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bikehikeclimb/)
 * (@bikehikeclimb)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-cannot-activate-theme/#post-993341)
 * Check your file permissions. This is what is was for me.

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 * Last reply from: [bikehikeclimb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bikehikeclimb/)
 * Last activity: [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-cannot-activate-theme/#post-993341)
 * Status: resolved

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