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  • Internal Server Error

    The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

    Please contact the server administrator at to inform them of the time this error occurred, and the actions you performed just before this error.

    More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

    Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

    Please help how to fix this.Thank you

    • This topic was modified 10 months, 1 week ago by James Huff. Reason: email address removed from public forum

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    Internal server errors (error 500) are often caused by plugin or theme function conflicts, so if you have access to your Dashboard, try deactivating all plugins. If you don’t have access to your Dashboard, try manually resetting your plugins (no Dashboard access required). If that resolves the problem, reactivate each one individually until you find the cause.

    If that does not resolve the problem, try switching to the Twenty Twenty-One theme to rule out a theme-specific problem. If you don’t have access to your Dashboard, access your server via SFTP or FTP, or a file manager in your hosting account’s control panel (consult your hosting provider’s documentation for specifics on these), 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 problem.

    If that does not resolve the problem, 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, ensure that you have set your SFTP or FTP client to view invisible files.

    If you couldn’t resolve the problem by resetting your plugins and theme or renaming your .htaccess file, we might 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 specific time. If you don’t have access to your server error log, ask your hosting provider to look for you.

    Thread Starter pocka

    (@pocka)

    I know that i changed the permalinks in settings on wordpress dashboard and now i can’t access to wordpress.

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    If you’re still seeing the 500, please try the steps above first.

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