Title: Error 500
Last modified: April 10, 2022

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# Error 500

 *  [A.m](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ameliaakh/)
 * (@ameliaakh)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-500-215/)
 * Dear WordPress team,
 * On a multisite if an url doesn’t exist in wp-content it gives internal server
   error 500. I asked my host support, searched on the internet, nobody seems to
   know what to do with this. It happens already for years. Now Google detects all
   url’s from wp-content of old already deleted plugins and gives warnings saying
   that the host was not reachable, too many internal server errors occurred. This
   is not good for SEO or ranking, it gives a huge amount of errors. Please, does
   someone have an acceptable solution for this issue? So many sites use WordPress
   network and still no solution on the internet.

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 *  Moderator [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/)
 * (@threadi)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-500-215/#post-15545371)
 * I would recommend enabling wordpress debug mode to get to the bottom of the 500
   error. How to do that is described here: [https://wordpress.org/support/article/debugging-in-wordpress/](https://wordpress.org/support/article/debugging-in-wordpress/)
 * Also a look into the error log of your hosting should be helpful.
 *  Thread Starter [A.m](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ameliaakh/)
 * (@ameliaakh)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-500-215/#post-15545424)
 * It is already fully researched. Google crawls non-existing Urls in wp-content…
   This topic is going on for years. The error happens if a folder does not exist
   in wp-content. It should generate an 404 error if a folder of an already deleted
   plugin does not exist anymore in wp-content, but instead it gives an internal
   server error. This only happens with multisite. If a folder does not exist on
   a single WordPress installation, it gives 404. On a multisite, it gives an internal
   server error. You can check it yourself. Just try a non-existing url in wp-content
   on a multisite installation, it will give an internal server error. I saw a lot
   of discussions about this, but no solution till now.
 *  Thread Starter [A.m](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ameliaakh/)
 * (@ameliaakh)
 * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-500-215/#post-15657850)
 * Hello [@threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/),
    this error is
   a bug on every wordpress multisite or wordpress network installation. My hosting
   checked the log and said that it’s going for more than 6 years and wordpress 
   still couldn’t fix this. Every not existing url in wp-content on a multisite 
   network will give error 500 instead of 400. My hosting provider showed me long
   forum discussions about this problem and some developers had solutions to change.
   htaccess but I don’t trust it, because it could have vulnerabilities. Can wordpress
   address this issue? Hosting support made a test to see if it’s because of their
   infrastructure. single site [http://pittsburgh-website-design.info/wp-content/plugins/hmz](http://pittsburgh-website-design.info/wp-content/plugins/hmz)
   => 404 foutmelding multisite [http://pittsburgh-website-design.info/wp-content/plugins/hmz/](http://pittsburgh-website-design.info/wp-content/plugins/hmz/)
   => 500 internal server error foutmelding
 * Message from my host
    `This cannot be avoided and will have to be solved structurally
   within WordPress by the core developers. by the core developers, as this occurs
   in every WordPress Network installation. WordPress Network installation.
 *  Further investigation in the TRAC (development & monitoring tool of the WordPress
   core developers) teaches me that this bug has existed for several years.
    developers
   of WordPress) teaches me that this bug has been present for many years. [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/20746](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/20746)
   From this perspective, I do not seem to expect a solution from that side in the
   near future.
 *  If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
 *  Kind regards

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 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [A.m](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ameliaakh/)
 * Last activity: [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-500-215/#post-15657850)
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