Title: Admin panel 500 error
Last modified: December 5, 2017

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# Admin panel 500 error

 *  Resolved [bluemi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluemi/)
 * (@bluemi)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-panel-500-error/)
 * Getting a 500 error when trying to log into my WP admin panel. The site is working
   though.
    I renamed the Contact 7 folder under Plugins via FTP and all is working
   fine again. Any ideas what is causing this? Thanks, Peter
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fadmin-panel-500-error%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Takayuki Miyoshi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/takayukister/)
 * (@takayukister)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-panel-500-error/#post-9752714)
 * What other plugins and theme do you use on the site?
 *  Thread Starter [bluemi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluemi/)
 * (@bluemi)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-panel-500-error/#post-9752843)
 * Theme: Divi
 * Other Plugins:
    Bloom Contact Form 7 – Dynamic Text Extension Custom Permalinks
   Divi Booster Easy Custom Sidebars Google Maps Easy MailChimp for WordPress Monarch
   Post Expirator Really Simple CAPTCHA Relevanssi Schema ShortPixel Image Optimizer
   Wordfence Security WP Fastest Cache Yoast
 *  Thread Starter [bluemi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluemi/)
 * (@bluemi)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-panel-500-error/#post-9752882)
 * Just saw this in my error log, from 2 days ago:
    [03-Dec-2017 22:31:03 UTC] PHP
   Fatal error: Call to a member function get_status() on null in /home/diverset/
   public_html/wp/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/includes/contact-form.php on
   line 687
 *  Thread Starter [bluemi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluemi/)
 * (@bluemi)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-panel-500-error/#post-9752917)
 * Sorry, problem sorted. I needed to upgrade my php version to 7. Was sure I had
   done this already but apparently not. All working again, thanks 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [bluemi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluemi/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-panel-500-error/#post-9752917)
 * Status: resolved