Title: Internal Server Error when accessing .js script Last modified: August 24, 2016 --- # Internal Server Error when accessing .js script * Resolved [streamworksaudio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/streamworksaudio/) * (@streamworksaudio) * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-when-accessing-js-script/) * I am getting an error whenever a WordPress page tries to load the Akismet .js file. * The error is * GET plugins/akismet/_inc/akismet.js?ver=3.1.1 500 (Internal Server Error) * This is causing some conflicts with some other javascript based code. Such as I am unable to expand and collapse panels on the Admin Dashboard. * Thoughts as to what is causing the error? * (p.s I updated to 4.2.2 last night… could that have caused a problem?) * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/) Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * Plugin Author [Christopher Finke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cfinke/) * (@cfinke) * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-when-accessing-js-script/#post-6106237) * A 500 error from accessing a JS file is pretty unusual and is probably best addressed by your web host. * Thread Starter [streamworksaudio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/streamworksaudio/) * (@streamworksaudio) * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-when-accessing-js-script/#post-6106243) * Yeah I thought so too, 500 is usually a problem with server side scripts… * My server is a Cloud Server (Rackspace) so I am the admin of it. * Could it be that the GET command is passing variables (version number)? The error actually on both the .js file and the .css file. * As to the admin dashboard issue, that was actually caused by another plugin ( woothemes helper). * Thread Starter [streamworksaudio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/streamworksaudio/) * (@streamworksaudio) * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-when-accessing-js-script/#post-6106250) * That cannot be the issue… my pages load other .js and .css files that have version numbers passed as variables, and they are loading with no problems. * Something wrong with the .js and .css files perhaps? Should I try to re upload them via FTP? * Plugin Author [Christopher Finke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cfinke/) * (@cfinke) * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-when-accessing-js-script/#post-6106255) * Re-uploading couldn’t hurt. It could also be related to the .htaccess file, which is supposed to explicitly grant access to those files. If re-uploading doesn’t help, try removing the .htaccess file. * Thread Starter [streamworksaudio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/streamworksaudio/) * (@streamworksaudio) * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-when-accessing-js-script/#post-6106264) * Removing the .htacess fixed it. But are there any security issues I should be worried about? * Could it be that the .htaccess was conflicting with my apache .conf? * Plugin Author [Christopher Finke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cfinke/) * (@cfinke) * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-when-accessing-js-script/#post-6106269) * > But are there any security issues I should be worried about? * Marginally. The .htaccess blocks direct access to the PHP files, because in cases where a WordPress blog was compromised, hackers were putting their malicious payloads in the akismet/ directory (which most blogs have and typically has acceptable permissions for that kind of thing) and then directing unsuspecting users to example.com/wp-content/plugins/akismet/badfile.php The .htaccess rules would prevent access to that file. * Could it be that the .htaccess was conflicting with my apache .conf? * > I don’t know that it would be a conflict rather than just an incompatibility > with your version of Apache. What version are you running? You could try restoring > parts of the .htaccess file to see if a certain part of it breaks those URLs. * Thread Starter [streamworksaudio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/streamworksaudio/) * (@streamworksaudio) * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-when-accessing-js-script/#post-6106278) * Thanks again Chris, * I am running Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu) – I will have a look at the .htaccess and rebuild it and check as I go and see if there is anything in particular that could be causing the problem. * Cheers, Chris Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) The topic ‘Internal Server Error when accessing .js script’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/akismet/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2818463) * [Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection](https://wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/akismet/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/akismet/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/akismet/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/akismet/reviews/) * 7 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [streamworksaudio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/streamworksaudio/) * Last activity: [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-when-accessing-js-script/#post-6106278) * Status: resolved