Title: Admin crashes / inaccessible (HTTP error 500 (Internal Server Error))
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Admin crashes / inaccessible (HTTP error 500 (Internal Server Error))

 *  [Birdy10](https://wordpress.org/support/users/birdy10/)
 * (@birdy10)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-crashes-inaccessible/)
 * My WordPress Admin crashes randomly on various pages and I can not determine 
   what the trigger is:
    At first I thought it happened when I activated a certain
   plugin, but even when I turn off all plugins (through phpMyAdmin, since the plug
   page is not accessible) and go to ‘_widgets _‘, or to ‘_update_‘ or even the 
   dashboard, I regularly get a `HTTP error 500 (Internal Server Error)`.
 * Earlier I updated the WordPress installation (when I was able to access the update
   page), I put the php.ini to 64Mb, and later I have a new, empty. .htaccess created.
   Unfortunately all attempts without success.
 * Can anyone help me on the way to solve this problem? Thanks!
    [http://www.groengeelheren1.nl](http://www.groengeelheren1.nl)

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 *  [terrymarshall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/terrymarshall/)
 * (@terrymarshall)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-crashes-inaccessible/#post-2328107)
 * I have had the same issue for a week or so. I have the latest WP. It started 
   adding a plugin. I can’t save the menus page and sometimes pages won’t save.
   
   Terry [](http://http://www.p1kartcircuit.com/)
 *  [brasofilo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brasofilo/)
 * (@brasofilo)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-crashes-inaccessible/#post-2328151)
 * i’d suggest setting WP_DEBUG to true in wp-config.php
    and check the server php
   errors log
 * also, maybe the upgrade hasn’t gone well…
    personally, i prefer to upgrade manually
   reinstalling all* wp files could help _*except wp-config.php and wp-content, 
   of course_
 * for resetting all the plugins, via ftp you can rename the folder to _plugins.
   old_, and create an empty folder _plugins_
 * after WP is running again, delete the empty folder and rename the old one back
   to _plugins_
 *  [celiapgt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/celiapgt/)
 * (@celiapgt)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-crashes-inaccessible/#post-2328154)
 * I have also experienced the same problem: erratic Internal database error (HTTP
   error 500), plus erratic Error connecting to database. I get these errors since
   upgrading to WP 3.2 trunk, aprox since the beginning of this year.
 * I’ve reinstalled manually all my wp-admin/ and wp-includes/ files, plus the ones
   that come along with wp-config.php (outside subdirectories). I have several plugins,
   but also I upgrade them manually.
 * I’m in dispair because the possible cause of these erratic errores is almost 
   impossible to identify; I cannot look at Mem Load plugin (or similar) when the
   problem happens, because no page of WP is then available, nor the front page 
   or the desktop!
 * Is there a strategic to troubleshoot this problem?
 * I’m not the admin of the server where my site is hosted.
 *  Thread Starter [Birdy10](https://wordpress.org/support/users/birdy10/)
 * (@birdy10)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-crashes-inaccessible/#post-2328171)
 * Thank you very much brasofilo. You put me on the right track, and the website
   is working again.
 * First I copied the WordPress files over the old fiels, but after putting my old
   plugins back the website crashed again, so I removed all plugin files and reinstalled
   them by hand and now it is working!
 *  [brasofilo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brasofilo/)
 * (@brasofilo)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-crashes-inaccessible/#post-2328172)
 * nice to hear, birdy10!

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 * ["internal server error"](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/internal-server-error/)
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 * [Crash](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/crash/)
 * [error 500](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/error-500/)

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 * Last reply from: [brasofilo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brasofilo/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-crashes-inaccessible/#post-2328172)
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