500 internal error

delete .htaccess in wordpress root if present
reset permalinks
admin – settings – permalinks

I’m having a similar problem. Add caffeinated Content plugin, activated it, and when I try to get thru the management screen, it gives me the 500 error. I just upgraded to WP 2.8.1 and am hosting with GoDaddy. Could not find a .htacess file to delete. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

traclea
I had the same problem and could not get to the htaccess either – I had to call the host

I know this is an old topic, but tracylea or ifcure08 how did you resolve it?

I have just automatically upgraded, and everything was fine for about an hour, and all of a sudden while editing a post I get the 500 error as above and can’t access dashboard or website.
Helpzz ??

im getting the internal 500 error also… please help!

i deleted the htaccess thing, and i still cant get on to my admin page

I published a new page and when I visit the site, I get a “page not found” error from GoDaddy host.
When I emailed them, they put the blame on WP.

Talk about “passing the buck”!!

Can anyone help please.

Hi folks,
Had the same problem (“Error 500 – Internal server error”) & my host had the same answer: check with WP!

Any answers much appreciated please.
Thanks ??

Hi guys,

I also had this problem, I uploaded a new header and the whole website was loading slow afterwards. I couldn’t access my cpanel, the website, or wp admin.

Its all working ok now though! ??

I had the same problem: I got the “Internal Server Error” message out of nowhere when accessing the blog page. As Samboli advsed, I went to reset the Permalinks, and got the “if your .htaccess were writeable” message. Went to search for the .htaccess file, which wasn’t there.

I created the .htaccess file, copied the permalink-provided code into it (made it writeable), and violà, it’s working again.

I don’t understand what happened, really; but we back in bidness. ??

somebody else mentionned Godaddy, I’m also using them. They finally replied saying they were not sure what the problem was but that they would look into it.
I’ve stalked them a bit on twitter and finally it was resolved after a FEW DAYS.
I still don’t know why the error occurred, or if it was something i’d done how to prevent myself from doing it again.
fixed but not really ??

Hi there!

I had the same issue : 500 Internal Server Error error after moving WP directory within y server.

Thanks to samball, I had a clue about the problem.
I fixed it editing the .htaccess file like so:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

Hope that helps
SC