Title: ERROR 500
Last modified: June 2, 2020

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# ERROR 500

 *  Resolved [tlouwet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tlouwet/)
 * (@tlouwet)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-500-165/)
 * Last update made it happen again…
    Besides changing permission to .htaccess to
   755, how can I stop this plugin from changing this?
 *     ```
       <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteBase /
       RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
       RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
       </IfModule>
       ```
   
 * if I don’t set it to 755, which the above code in .htaccess, the moment I change
   language on the website back and forth, I get critical error 500.
 * Why does swapping language change the .htaccess? This shouldn’t be the case, 
   especially as it’s a global file, not a per-visitor related one.

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 *  [Denis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdenis/)
 * (@sdenis)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-500-165/#post-12925102)
 * Hello,
 * Translatepress don’t change/add/remove to the .htaccess nothing.. but as it seems
   more and more people encounter this problem we will definitely look into it.
 * Cheers,

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