How To Fix The 500 Internal Server Error In WordPress

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How To Fix The 500 Internal Server Error In WordPress


There are times where you may experience a internal server error on your site. The main thing to remember is not to panic as this has happened to other before and there are ways to fix this. In this video, we will show you how to fix the 500 server error in WordPress.

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Summary of this Tutorial:

Start by checking your .htaccess and rename it to .htaccess_old and try to connect to your site again.

If that does not work create a php.ini file add the required code and save it in the wp-admin folder.

You may need to contact your hosting company for assistance with this error.

You can also try deactivating all your plugins by renaming your plugins folder to something else.

When none of the previous options work, is to upload the wp-admin and wp-includes from a fresh WordPress install.

When all else fails contact your hosting provider for assistance with this issue.

36 Comments

36 Replies to “How To Fix The 500 Internal Server Error In WordPress”

  1. Did have one yesterday on one domain, BlueHost restored from backup (which luckily was up to date and took little time). Jetpack then had to be deleted and reinstalled. Are there problems with Jetpack?

  5. Thank you for saving the stress attack worked like a charm removed the plugin causing the error web site back up Thank you so much

  6. Thank you, thank you, thank you!! Blogging newbie and apparently one of my plugins was being the booger. Now to figure out which one! You’re a life (& blog) saver!

  7. Solved my problem – deactivated the plugins. I think it was a recent upgrade to Akismet that was the problem. Thanks for the tips.

  10. Wait what????? I couldn’t comment so that was a test cos it crept saying error 500

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  13. Could You help me please?
    I cannot even log in eihter into the bluehost site and my wordpress site. Any advice?
    Thank You ๐Ÿ™‚

  18. You lost me at 0:40s. I don’t even know how to get to that screen – and what’s an http access file? Is there a wpbeginnerbeginner?

  28. I cannot thank you enough! Brilliant. Helped to find where the error was occurring from.

  30. Excellent troubleshooting video! Was able to locate the buggy “plug-in” and regain access to my page! Thanks!

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