Title: 500 internal server error — comments
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# 500 internal server error — comments

 *  [infmom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/infmom/)
 * (@infmom)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-comments/)
 * I upgraded to WordPress 2.6.2 on my blog [http://tattoo.infmom.net](http://tattoo.infmom.net),
   using the automatic-upgrade plugin. Ever since then, any attempt to read comments
   on any post results in a 500 internal server error.
 * I have looked through the messages here and haven’t seen any way to fix this 
   and I’ve been round the barn with 1&1 (my web host) tech support. They insist
   that it’s a WordPress error, even though the last time I had the dreaded 500 
   internal server error problem, they fixed it by monkeying with the memory and.
   htaccess.
 * Today, I reinstalled WordPress the old-fashioned way, by deleting the files that
   were there and replacing them with the new version. All attempts to read comments
   on any post on the blog still result in a 500 internal server error. I have tried
   to insist that the web host is where the problem lies, but they keep telling 
   me it’s a WordPress problem.
 * I would greatly appreciate any advice from anyone who knows more about this subject
   than I do. I’m at the end of my rope here.

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 *  [zkorwin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zkorwin/)
 * (@zkorwin)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-comments/#post-857794)
 * I had this problem too. I found a website which recommended creating a file called“
   php.ini” (without quotes) and placing it in the wp-admin directory of your website.
   Inside the file put: “memory = 20MB” (without the quotes).
 * This worked for me.

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