Title: plugins folder causing server error
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# plugins folder causing server error

 *  [mochonty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mochonty/)
 * (@mochonty)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-folder-causing-server-error/)
 * Hello,
    I have a strange problem here. In the admin area I get an Internal Server
   error, but only in the “plugins”-tab. When I rename the plugins folder, the error
   disappears. At the moment, I rename the folder back in “plugins”, the problem
   is back. There is NO PLUGIN inside the folder. Any Ideas how to fix this problem?
   I can´t install plugins, if the only folder with this name causes a problem.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-folder-causing-server-error/#post-6829424)
 * Try checking your site’s error logs for a more specific error message. Your hosts
   should be able to help you accessing your site’s error logs.
 *  Thread Starter [mochonty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mochonty/)
 * (@mochonty)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-folder-causing-server-error/#post-6829432)
 * Ok, thank you. I be right back with that.
 *  Thread Starter [mochonty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mochonty/)
 * (@mochonty)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-folder-causing-server-error/#post-6829438)
 * [Wed Dec 09 06:12:23 2015] [error] [client 93.135.196.1] File does not exist:/
   home/mochonty/public_html/500.shtml, referer: …/wp/wp-admin/plugins.php
 * Ok, plugins.php don´t exist. Ok, I will download a fresh wp, get he plugin.php
   and load that up. This should be the right way to fix the problem. If not, please
   tell me Esmi.
    Thank you for the tip.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-folder-causing-server-error/#post-6829442)
 * You might just want to re-upload all files & folders – **except** the wp-content
   folder and wp-config.php & root .htaccess files – from a **fresh** download of
   WordPress. If you have 1 missing/damaged file, there may be more. Do make sure
   that you delete the old copies of files & folder before uploading the new ones.
 *  Thread Starter [mochonty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mochonty/)
 * (@mochonty)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-folder-causing-server-error/#post-6829470)
 * There was a plugin.php, I replaced it now – problem still is there. I will delete
   all wordpress and install it again. 1 day work lost 🙁
 *  Thread Starter [mochonty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mochonty/)
 * (@mochonty)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-folder-causing-server-error/#post-6829487)
 * Strange. Now I installed a fresh wordpress, and this internal server error is
   everywhere. What I click on my dashboard, shows the error. Worse than before.
   What now? I don´t have any idea.

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 * Last reply from: [mochonty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mochonty/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-folder-causing-server-error/#post-6829487)
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