Title: HTTP ERROR 500
Last modified: February 20, 2018

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# HTTP ERROR 500

 *  [cierracharlesalbertinc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cierracharlesalbertinc/)
 * (@cierracharlesalbertinc)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-500-85/)
 * Every time I try to **update plugins** I get an error that basically says the
   site can’t be accessed. Usually, when it’s done it lets me back in and I can 
   access the admin area.
 * This time I could not. I am getting an http error 500 and cannot access my admin
   area to diagnose the problem and try to fix it. I can’t even access my plugins
   to deactivate those which I believe are posing the problem.
 * What can be done without access to this area ( Other parts of the site do work,
   so a reader can come to the blog from an external link etc and read a post)?
 * I was trying to avoid going the htaccessfile route since I’ve been reading, if
   done incorrectly you can mess some things up.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fhttp-error-500-85%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 * Last reply from: [cierracharlesalbertinc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cierracharlesalbertinc/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-500-85/)
 * Status: not resolved

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