Title: Error 500 when posting or saving
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Error 500 when posting or saving

 *  Resolved [ladycrow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ladycrow/)
 * (@ladycrow)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-500-when-posting-or-saving/)
 * When I try to save or publish, I guess a 500 error. The autosave function also
   seems to be doing the same. I thought this might have been an issue with 21.6.3
   so I upgraded to 2.7 and I am still having a problem.
 * However, it doesn’t seem to be super consistent. Autosave has saved a post and
   I have been able to save some changes. it almost seems random.

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 *  Thread Starter [ladycrow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ladycrow/)
 * (@ladycrow)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-500-when-posting-or-saving/#post-928065)
 * To add, I’ve deactivated -all- plugins an it still happens so it’s not interference.
 *  Thread Starter [ladycrow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ladycrow/)
 * (@ladycrow)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-500-when-posting-or-saving/#post-928182)
 * I see this is a problem with some servers. I have several installs on the same
   server which are not experiencing this issue.
 *  Thread Starter [ladycrow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ladycrow/)
 * (@ladycrow)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-500-when-posting-or-saving/#post-928187)
 * Apparently, this was only happening with longer posts and was due to mod_security.
   I have since found an answer.
 *  [aomartinao](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aomartinao/)
 * (@aomartinao)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-500-when-posting-or-saving/#post-928519)
 * Could you tell me the answer you found? Thanks!

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## Tags

 * [-posting](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/posting/)
 * [error 500](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/error-500/)
 * [publishing](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/publishing/)
 * [Saving](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/saving/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [aomartinao](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aomartinao/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-500-when-posting-or-saving/#post-928519)
 * Status: resolved

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