Internal Server Error on WordPress Log In Page

My site used to be up now that is having an error. Before it was the dashboard log in now it’s the whole site…

Download WordPress again and delete then replace your copies of the /wp-admin/ and /wp-includes/ directories with fresh copies from the download.

create a bogus file in your WP root folder called ‘test.html’, with the following:

hello there

then try to access that file via a browser at:

https://desired-sin.net/test.html

The reason for this, is because your web-server may not know where to find your WP install. At least with a test like this you can rule that option out.

Wait let me try the file..

Did you try mine?

MacMan yes I tried yours and there still was nothing. =(

Loushou – I did that and the page can be accessed at

https://desired-sin.net/wordpress/test.html

Ok. So this is good news. So the next thing that I personally suspect with a 500 error is that something in the .htaccess file could be having an infinite loop. I know you said you did not change anything, but the next thing I would try, and only for a very short (2 minutes max) is rename your .htaccess file to something else like .htaccess.old . Then while it is changed, test your site. Then after your test rename the file back to .htaccess.

Now if it worked when you renamed the file, then the .htaccess is at fault, for sure. If you got the same result, then I would suggest exactly what MacManX suggested.

Loushou – No it didn’t work.. and I already did what MacManx said, and that didn’t work either >=( …

??

Ok, time for the big guns. Create a new directory titled /testblog/ and a new MySQL database, then install WordPress into the test directory and test database.

Play around with this test blog for a bit and see if the problem appears here too.

Do you have direct access to your database? This is a risky move, but we could do a master reset of your active plugins (in case one of them is the culprit). But know that you have to do it exactly right, especially if you have never logged directly in a database before. Just a last stitch option, you know.

Oookay, I’m going to try =o
I bet it won’t give me any trouble. =x

Yes I have access to everything my cpanel and all that lovely goods. What is it you suggest I do?

The idea is to reset the wp_option that tells WP what plugins to activate. I would prefer if MacManX backed me up on this query, just to have a second set of eyes on it, but here is the query to run:

delete from wp_options where option_name = 'active_plugins' limit 1;

Remember that it is VERY VERY important to run exactly this query, even the ‘;’ because if you leave any one part out, the results could be catastrophic.

Once again, I would like MacManX to confirm it before you run it too, just because two eyes are better than one.

So.. this is really messed up cause I tried doing the testblog thing… and it didn’t work..

I tried going to install it here..

https://desired-sin.net/testblog/wordpress/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php

No go guys…