Title: HTTP 500 Error Code
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# HTTP 500 Error Code

 *  [jakedodgenh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jakedodgenh/)
 * (@jakedodgenh)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-500-error-code/)
 * I’m the graphic designer for [http://www.millenniumrunning.com](http://www.millenniumrunning.com)
   and we just starting having 500 error code messages – we updated a couple plug-
   ins today and it was working fine. Now all of a sudden, boom, we have the 500
   code error. Just a generic 500 error code no more information available.
 * Who can help me out?!

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-500-error-code/#post-7345552)
 * Internal server errors (error 500) are often caused by plugin or theme function
   conflicts, so if you have access to your admin panel, try deactivating all plugins.
   If you don’t have access to your admin panel, try [manually resetting your plugins](https://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F)(
   no Dashboard access required). If that resolves the issue, reactivate each one
   individually until you find the cause.
 * If that does not resolve the issue, try switching to the Twenty Sixteen theme
   to rule-out a theme-specific issue. If you don’t have access to your admin panel,
   access your server via [SFTP or FTP](https://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients),
   or a file manager in your hosting account’s control panel, navigate to `/wp-content/
   themes/` and rename the directory of your currently active theme. This will force
   the default theme to activate and hopefully rule-out a theme-specific issue.
 * If that does not resolve the issue, it’s possible that a `.htaccess` rule could
   be the source of the problem. To check for this, access your server via SFTP 
   or FTP, or a file manager in your hosting account’s control panel, and rename
   the `.htaccess` file. If you can’t find a `.htaccess` file, make sure that you
   have set your SFTP or FTP client to view invisible files.
 * If you weren’t able to resolve the issue by either resetting your plugins and
   theme or renaming your .htaccess file, we may be able to help, but we’ll need
   a more detailed error message. Internal server errors are usually described in
   more detail in the server error log. If you have access to your server error 
   log, generate the error again, note the date and time, then immediately check
   your server error log for any errors that occurred during that time period. If
   you don’t have access to your server error log, ask your hosting provider to 
   look for you.
 *  [mihail05](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mihail05/)
 * (@mihail05)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-500-error-code/#post-8655799)
 * Dear All,
 * I am a wordpress beginner and now I can’t access to admin login my page. I used
   some minutes ago FTP to upload files to WordPress.
 * The message displayed on my browser is: “The website cannot display the page
   
   HTTP 500. This error (HTTP 500 Internal Server Error) means that the website 
   you are visiting had a server problem which prevented the webpage from displaying”.
 * Can somebody to help me to solve this problem?
 * Thank you,
    Mihai

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [mihail05](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mihail05/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-500-error-code/#post-8655799)
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