Title: Internal Server Error Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Internal Server Error * [mairaj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mairaj/) * (@mairaj) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-80/) * My WordPress installation has always been good and working. Without any changes or updates done at all, in fact without even logging in for a lat few days; suddenly from today morning my blog is showing the following error: * > **Internal Server Error** > The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration > and was unable to complete your request. > Please contact the server administrator and inform them of the time the error > occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error. > More information about this error may be available in the server error log. > > Apache Server at www-mysite-com Port 80 Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-80/#post-2437135) * Have you tried: * – deactivating **all** plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s). * – switching to the Twenty Eleven theme to rule out any theme-specific problems. * – [resetting the plugins folder](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F) by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems. * – re-uploading all files & folders – **except** the wp-content folder – from a **fresh** download of WordPress. * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-80/#post-2437137) * Rename your .htaccess file to old.htaccess and see if you can get in? * Thread Starter [mairaj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mairaj/) * (@mairaj) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-80/#post-2437144) * Hello Esmi, Ipstenu * I do not have access to the control panel (to deactivate the plugins) too as that too shows the same error. I have even removed the .htaccess file but it is not working! * Thanks for your quick reply. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-80/#post-2437190) * Try: – switching to the Twenty Eleven theme by renaming your current theme’s folder in wp-content/themes and adding “-old” to the end of the folder name using [FTP](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients) or whatever file management application your host provides. * – [resetting the plugins folder](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F) by FTP or phpMyAdmin. * – re-uploading all files & folders – **except** the wp-content folder – from a **fresh** download of WordPress. * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-80/#post-2437238) * mairaj – reread what Esmi posted. Especially the part about resetting the plugins folder by FTP or phpMyAdmin. * Thread Starter [mairaj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mairaj/) * (@mairaj) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-80/#post-2437355) * Tried everything suggested here and what I have found googling the web. Created a new blank plugins folder, deleting .htaccess but I could not access my wp admin. * Day before yesterday it automatically came back itself stayed for a day and I tried to find out the culprit by enabling and disabling plugins, my .htaccess file but could not find out the problem! * I have removed two additional themes that were installed. Today its gone again!! * [Tim S](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tim-s/) * (@tim-s) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-80/#post-2437359) * Contact your hosting provider as the internal server error is intermittent, it sounds like the issue is with the server itself. I hope this helps! * Thread Starter [mairaj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mairaj/) * (@mairaj) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-80/#post-2437362) * Hello All, * My hosting provider is Godaddy. My WordPress installation lives at [http://www-my-website-com/blog](http://www-my-website-com/blog) * I have an .htaccess file at [http://www-my-website-com/.htaccess](http://www-my-website-com/.htaccess) which reads as follows: * **NOTE: My primary domain is different at this hosting, this is a secondary one.** * ``` RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.my-website.com$ [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.my-website.com/$1 [L,R=301] # compress text, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and XML AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript # remove browser bugs BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html Header append Vary User-Agent ``` * Is there anything wrong above? I want all non-www queries to redirect to the www version and gzip compression. My website is perfectly optimized with above code with no problems at all. I’m not sure if the code is causing problems for WordPress. * **Kindly NOTE: deleting this .htaccess file does not help and I restore it. Thank you very much for your kind help. * Mairaj * [Tim S](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tim-s/) * (@tim-s) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-80/#post-2437363) * If removing this htaccess file does not resolve the issue, then it’s not the cause of your problems. Look at your servers error_log to find out the exact error causing the issue. 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