Title: Server 500 error
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Server 500 error

 *  Resolved [kellycooper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kellycooper/)
 * (@kellycooper)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-500-error/)
 * I was trying to add a plugin to my theme and somehow screwed things up. It was
   the meteor slider – [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/meteor-slides/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/meteor-slides/)
   and I was trying to add it to the Magazine Basic theme used on my site digitalfrankenstein.
   org.
 * I’m new to anything beyond html and css; now my entire site is down and I can’t
   even login.
 * How do I fix this?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-500-error/#post-2987968)
 * [FTP](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients) into your site (or use whatever
   file management application your host provides) & delete the wp-content/plugins/
   meteor-slides folder.
 *  [codingpet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codingpet/)
 * (@codingpet)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-500-error/#post-2987970)
 * Hi,
 * connect your site with FTP and navigate to wp-content/plugins/ folder. delete
   the folder(meteor-slides or similar) totally. Then go to [http://digitalfrankenstein.org/wp-admin/](http://digitalfrankenstein.org/wp-admin/)
   and try login. If no plugin files found, the plugin will be deactivate automatically.
 *  Thread Starter [kellycooper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kellycooper/)
 * (@kellycooper)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-500-error/#post-2987988)
 * I deleted the folder but the server error still shows up when I go to the site
   or try to log in. Does it take a few hours for the files to update? Any further
   insight?
 *  [codingpet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codingpet/)
 * (@codingpet)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-500-error/#post-2988021)
 * [23-Aug-2012 01:10:21] PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<‘ in /home2/
   digitef7/public_html/wp-content/themes/magazine-basic/functions.php on line 251
 * This is the error in your error_log. except the plugin, you might also edit the
   theme file and added unexpected ‘<‘ by accident. Please check the line 251 in
   functions.php to remove the unexpected ‘<‘.
 *  [WP SITES](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpresssites/)
 * (@wordpresssites)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-500-error/#post-2988062)
 * If you have a backup of your themes files, you should be able to upload the magazine-
   basic/functions.php
 *  Thread Starter [kellycooper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kellycooper/)
 * (@kellycooper)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-500-error/#post-2988205)
 * Thanks so much, figured it out.

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-500-error/#post-2988205)
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