Title: Plugin breaks website
Last modified: March 29, 2017

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# Plugin breaks website

 *  Resolved [freshpromo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/freshpromo/)
 * (@freshpromo)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breaks-website-2/)
 * I installed this plugin, created a child theme for the theme Bridge, activated
   it and now no pages will load either in the WP backend or public pages.
 * “The page isn’t working
 * *URL* is currently unable to handle this request.
    HTTP ERROR 500”
 * I deleted the plugin folder via FTP and the site still isn’t loading. What can
   I do?

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 *  Plugin Author [Serafino](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seraph63/)
 * (@seraph63)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breaks-website-2/#post-9058067)
 * Hi freshpromo,
    I can’t test plugin on Bridge theme because it’s a Premium Theme.
   I just tested the new plugin version on WordPress 4.7.4 both on my websites and
   locally, all seems work fine. Regarding ‘HTTPS ERROR 500’, it’s about a ‘internal
   server error’, maybe it’s a temporary error, or corrupted .htaccess file, under
   no circumstances is this error attributable to the plugin. You could try to: –
   Reload the web page. You can do that by clicking the refresh/reload button, pressing
   F5, or trying the URL again from the address bar. – Clear/Delete your browser’s
   cache. If the error persists, you have to investigate in depth. I was searching
   on Google, I found this links, I hope that help you to figure out the issue: 
   [http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-fix-the-internal-server-error-in-wordpress/](http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-fix-the-internal-server-error-in-wordpress/)
   [https://www.lifewire.com/500-internal-server-error-explained-2622938](https://www.lifewire.com/500-internal-server-error-explained-2622938)
   Let me know if you solved
 *  [pawswebmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pawswebmaster/)
 * (@pawswebmaster)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breaks-website-2/#post-9157838)
 * As did Freshpromo, I created and then activated a child theme. The site crashed
   with error 500.
 * Upon checking the database `wp_options; template & stylesheet rows`. The template
   was still set to the parent theme, while the stylesheet was set to the child 
   theme. Restoring “stylesheet” back to the parent corrected the error 500.
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 2 months ago by [pawswebmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pawswebmaster/).
 *  Plugin Author [Serafino](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seraph63/)
 * (@seraph63)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breaks-website-2/#post-9168028)
 * I tried to install Tempera (I think is the theme you are using) on a clean WordPress
   installation, then I installed Cryout Serious Theme Settings 0.5.7., and the 
   plugin works correctly, both locally and remote, so I can exclude that plugin
   could be incompatible with the theme you are using.
    It may be incompatible with
   one or more plugins installed on your site, but as I said before, ‘Error 500’
   is a generic mistake, it’s very difficult to figure out where is the issue.

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 * Last reply from: [Serafino](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seraph63/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breaks-website-2/#post-9168028)
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