Title: installation – 500 error
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# installation – 500 error

 *  [patrickhk9876](https://wordpress.org/support/users/patrickhk9876/)
 * (@patrickhk9876)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-500-error/)
 * Tried to install wordpress, but is giving me a 500 error:
    [http://223.29.251.109/~sunsee/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php](http://223.29.251.109/~sunsee/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php)
 * but the readme.html page works fine:
    [http://223.29.251.109/~sunsee/wordpress/readme.html](http://223.29.251.109/~sunsee/wordpress/readme.html)
 * thanks

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 *  [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * (@catacaustic)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-500-error/#post-7224903)
 * The first thing to do is update your `wp-config.php` file and change this line:
 * `define('WP_DEBUG', true);`
 * That will turn on any de-bugging mesages that WordPress outputs. Just remember
   to change it back when everything gets going correctly!
 * If that doesn’t show much, look at tht error logs on your server, as these will
   normally have more information about what the error is and where it’s occuring.
 *  Thread Starter [patrickhk9876](https://wordpress.org/support/users/patrickhk9876/)
 * (@patrickhk9876)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-500-error/#post-7224927)
 * I tried the below code on wp-config.php.
 * **define(‘WP_DEBUG’, true);**
 * But it is still giving me a 500 error. Will just have to check on the stats instead.
 *  [deltajavierf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deltajavierf/)
 * (@deltajavierf)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-500-error/#post-7225113)
 * I am totally new to the theme of install WP in Bluehost. But I am totally surprised
   to know so many people have problems installing WP in Bluehost. I read a website
   that Recommended an easy way to install WP in Bluehost in a very short time. 
   As I had two important questions to ask to the owner of that website, I asked
   him but to my surprise I did not have any answer.
    I also read about other Web
   hosters that could be have better customer service and now I am thinking about
   that. The point is that you can install WP easily but I now know that there are
   many problems doing it. Can somebody mention another web hosters that I could
   tried to read about them? THank you for your answers.
 *  [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/)
 * (@songdogtech)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-500-error/#post-7225117)
 * [@deltajavierf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deltajavierf/): hosting questions
   are off topic as they atract spam and create arguments; the WordPress team has
   provided [a list of recommended hosting providers](https://wordpress.org/hosting/).
   For more details and other recommendations, please search through the forums 
   or via Google (or your preferred search engine).
 * And don’t post a new issue onto a current thread; start your own topic.

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