Title: Upgrading problems
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Upgrading problems

 *  Resolved [nezmin2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nezmin2/)
 * (@nezmin2)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrading-problems-3/)
 * Hey Guy’s,
    I am attempting to upgrade from 2.8.5 to the latest version. I click
   on the “WordPress 2.8.6 is available! Please update now.” url, but nothing happens.
   The activity screen simply goes blank.
 * any ideas?

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 *  Thread Starter [nezmin2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nezmin2/)
 * (@nezmin2)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrading-problems-3/#post-1311691)
 * Anybody???
 *  Thread Starter [nezmin2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nezmin2/)
 * (@nezmin2)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrading-problems-3/#post-1311706)
 * I am unable to even install new plugins…The screen just stops at downloading 
   install packages.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrading-problems-3/#post-1311707)
 * Try adding `AddType x-mapp-php5 .php` to the top of the .htaccess file in your
   WP root folder.
 *  Thread Starter [nezmin2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nezmin2/)
 * (@nezmin2)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrading-problems-3/#post-1311715)
 * esmi,
    Here is the message that I get after following these instructions:
 * Internal Server Error
    The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration
   and was unable to complete your request.
 * Please contact the server administrator, [webadmin@kundenserver.de](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrading-problems-3/webadmin@kundenserver.de?output_format=md)
   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.
 * Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying 
   to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
 * Did you mean to have the space after the php5?
 *  Thread Starter [nezmin2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nezmin2/)
 * (@nezmin2)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrading-problems-3/#post-1311720)
 * Sorry esmi,
    I redid the .htaccess file with the exact command that you gave 
   me (space included) and everything worked perfectly.
 * Can you explain to me what this command does and why the space?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrading-problems-3/#post-1311727)
 * Sorry – I should have specified that it needs to be on a line by itself. It’s
   a command that forces the server to parse .php files using PHP5 instead of PHP4.
   Commonly need on 1&1 hosted sites.
 *  Thread Starter [nezmin2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nezmin2/)
 * (@nezmin2)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrading-problems-3/#post-1311735)
 * Great to know.
 * Thanks esmi, your a life saver.

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrading-problems-3/#post-1311735)
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