Title: Internal Server Error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Internal Server Error

 *  [loganfrederick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loganfrederick/)
 * (@loganfrederick)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-13/)
 * I have installed WordPress and can go to the homepage, but am unable to view 
   any links and always get the “500 Internal Server Error” message.
 * THe domain is loganfrederick.com, yet the files are in the folder gamesource.
   biz/blog.
 * The Internal Server Error says the webmasters email is [webmaster@loganfrederick.gamesource.biz](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-13/webmaster@loganfrederick.gamesource.biz?output_format=md),
   which is probably a sign of the error.
 * Any ideas on how to fix this?

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 *  [threestyler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threestyler/)
 * (@threestyler)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-13/#post-789137)
 * 500 Internal Server error can be caused by a mis-configured .htaccess file. Try
   renaming .htaccess to something else and see if the page loads then.
 *  Thread Starter [loganfrederick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loganfrederick/)
 * (@loganfrederick)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-13/#post-789138)
 * I renamed .htaccess to .htaccessa (something random) and then the About page 
   got a:
 * Not Found
 * The requested URL /about was not found on this server.
 * Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument
   to handle the request.
 * Any other ideas? Specific .htaccess fixes?
 *  [threestyler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threestyler/)
 * (@threestyler)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-13/#post-789142)
 * it’s 404’ing because you renamed .htaccess and it can no longer find the permalink
   redirect rules. Which shows that the .htaccess was causing the error.
 * Can you post the contents of your .htaccess?
 * Or switch back to standard permalinks, delete the .htaccess. Check single posts
   are working. Then try re adding your custom permalinks and see what happens.
 *  Thread Starter [loganfrederick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loganfrederick/)
 * (@loganfrederick)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-13/#post-789144)
 * Here’s .htaccess:
 * # BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /blog/
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule./
   blog/index.php [L] </IfModule>
 * # END WordPress
 *  Thread Starter [loganfrederick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loganfrederick/)
 * (@loganfrederick)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-13/#post-789147)
 * OH SNAP!
 * You’re awesome.
 * So I reset the permalinks to normal and now it’s working. I changed them again,
   still working!
 * This has been puzzling me for days.
 * threestyler is the Logan Frederick Person of the Day award winner.
 *  [threestyler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threestyler/)
 * (@threestyler)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-13/#post-789148)
 * Replace with:
 *     ```
       # BEGIN WordPress
       <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteBase /
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
       RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
       </IfModule>
   
       # END WordPress
       ```
   
 *  [threestyler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threestyler/)
 * (@threestyler)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-13/#post-789149)
 * ah you got it working the other way 🙂
 * Your .htaccess was setup as if your installation was located yourdomain.com/blog/
   instead of at yourdomain.com

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 7 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [threestyler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threestyler/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-13/#post-789149)
 * Status: not resolved

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