Title: Adding a theme, error recieved
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Adding a theme, error recieved

 *  Resolved [HafsaTM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hafsatm/)
 * (@hafsatm)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-theme-error-recieved/)
 * I have recently purchased a theme to put as part of my wordpress website. When
   i go to appearance> themes> upload theme, everything works fine till there but
   when 100% of the theme is uploaded it moves over to a different page that gives
   me a message saying “500 (INTERNAL SERVER) ERROR, we are working to correct it”
 * I have been trying for the past 2 days and it still doesn’t seem to be resolved,
   unfortunately. I know it isn’t an error with the theme because i have purchased
   another theme from the same website for another one of my own website and it 
   uploaded and worked just fine.
 * Kindly guide me as per how i can fix this because building this website is a 
   priority issue for my work. Any guidance about this issue will be greatly appreciated.
 * -Hafsa

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 *  [Predrag – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support1/)
 * (@wpmudev-support1)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-theme-error-recieved/#post-4295033)
 * Hi [@hafsatm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hafsatm/),
 * I hope you are well today and thank you for your question.
 * Internal server error is not specific to WordPress, and it can happen with anything
   else running on your server as well.
 * Perform the instructions provided on this page [http://wpmu.org/ten-of-the-most-common-wordpress-problems-and-their-solutions/](http://wpmu.org/ten-of-the-most-common-wordpress-problems-and-their-solutions/)
   in the section **1. 500 Internal Server Error**
 * You can also try uploading theme using FTP in wp-content/themes/ folder and activate
   it from Admin -> Appearance -> Themes from the back end.
 * Best Regards,
 *  Thread Starter [HafsaTM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hafsatm/)
 * (@hafsatm)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-theme-error-recieved/#post-4295125)
 * hey @ WPMU DEV
 * I followed your instructions and it worked out just fine.
 * Thank you so much for your quick response and help!
 * Regards,
 * Hafsa
 *  [Predrag – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support1/)
 * (@wpmudev-support1)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-theme-error-recieved/#post-4295130)
 * Hi [@hafsatm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hafsatm/),
 * You are most welcome.
 * Feel free to ask any question.
 * Cheers.

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 * [Internal Server](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/internal-server/)
 * [upload](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/upload/)

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