Title: HTTP ERROR 500
Last modified: July 18, 2017

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# HTTP ERROR 500

 *  [aliraza9074](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aliraza9074/)
 * (@aliraza9074)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-500-51/)
 * When I am trying to install and activate “w3 total cache” plugin I don’t know
   why the site has been down and show this error
 * “HTTP ERROR 500”
 * even I am unable to access my WordPress admin dashboard.
 * please help
 * thanks in advance

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 *  [Ben](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benbornschein/)
 * (@benbornschein)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-500-51/#post-9330827)
 * Rename the .htaccess in your WordPress root folder and try again to access your
   admin dashboard.
 *  Thread Starter [aliraza9074](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aliraza9074/)
 * (@aliraza9074)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-500-51/#post-9333422)
 * I have deleted this plugin and then my website running well.
    please give me 
   the solution of this problem:-(
 *  [Ben](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benbornschein/)
 * (@benbornschein)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-500-51/#post-9333430)
 * When you don’t follow the instructions, it is not possible to figure out, what
   causes the error. You can also try other caching plugins.
 *  Thread Starter [aliraza9074](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aliraza9074/)
 * (@aliraza9074)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-500-51/#post-9334272)
 * I have no .htaccess file in my WordPress root folder.and, I want to use this 
   plugin
    because this is very nice …..
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 10 months ago by [aliraza9074](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aliraza9074/).

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 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [aliraza9074](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aliraza9074/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-500-51/#post-9334272)
 * Status: not resolved