Title: 500 Internal Server Error For WordPress Multisite
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# 500 Internal Server Error For WordPress Multisite

 *  Resolved [stackaruk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stackaruk/)
 * (@stackaruk)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-for-wordpress-multisite/)
 * I just installed wordpress multisite however when I try to navigate to the dashboard
   for my subdomain I receive this error:
 * 500 Internal Server Error
 * A tech from my host service had a look and this is what he said:
    _ I have tried
   to resolve the problem, unfortunately to no avail. I created a new site for the
   sub domain test.goldentechnologies.ca to perform tests with. I noticed in the
   server error log that when the dashboard for the sub domain sites is accessed
   too many internal redirects are made, which is causing the error. I tried to 
   use the suggested .htaccess directives in this article:_
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Multisite_Network_Administration](http://codex.wordpress.org/Multisite_Network_Administration)
 * however that did not resolve the problem.
 * I carefully checked WordPress’ documentation on the multisite feature, and searched
   on the Internet for similar problems, and although I found quite a few similar
   issues reported none of the proposed solutions resolved the problem.
 * Here is my htaccess code and wp-config:
 *     ```
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteBase /
       RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
   
       # uploaded files
       RewriteRule ^files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$1 [L]
   
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
       RewriteRule ^ - [L]
       RewriteRule . index.php [L]
       ```
   
 *     ```
       * Change this to true to enable the display of notices during development.
        * It is strongly recommended that plugin and theme developers use WP_DEBUG
        * in their development environments.
        */
       define('WP_DEBUG', false);
       define('MULTISITE', true);
       define('SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL', true);
       $base = '/';
       define('DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE', 'goldentechnologies.ca');
       define('PATH_CURRENT_SITE', '/');
       define('SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1);
       define('BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1);
   
       /* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */
   
       /** Absolute path to the WordPress directory. */
       if ( !defined('ABSPATH') )
       	define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');
   
       /** Sets up WordPress vars and included files. */
       define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true);
       require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php');
       ```
   
 * Hope someone can help with this:)
 * Cheers

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-for-wordpress-multisite/#post-3037524)
 * How did you set up your subdomains on your server?
 *  Thread Starter [stackaruk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stackaruk/)
 * (@stackaruk)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-for-wordpress-multisite/#post-3037530)
 * I used the cPanel subdomains to set it up.
 *  Thread Starter [stackaruk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stackaruk/)
 * (@stackaruk)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-for-wordpress-multisite/#post-3037532)
 * Funny Ipstenu, I was just going to try some htaccess code you provided to another
   member with a similar problem.
 *  Thread Starter [stackaruk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stackaruk/)
 * (@stackaruk)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-for-wordpress-multisite/#post-3037544)
 * Didn’t work, any ideas Mika?
    Cheers, Blair
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-for-wordpress-multisite/#post-3037550)
 * > I used the cPanel subdomains to set it up.
 * And how did we do that? 🙂
 * Did you make wildcards, did you make them one at a time and point them to /public_html/…?
 *  Thread Starter [stackaruk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stackaruk/)
 * (@stackaruk)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-for-wordpress-multisite/#post-3037554)
 * In my cPanel you just type in the name for the subdomain and it creates and points
   to the public_html automatically.
    I did not make a wildcard.
 *  Thread Starter [stackaruk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stackaruk/)
 * (@stackaruk)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-for-wordpress-multisite/#post-3037555)
 * Here is the php errorlog:
 * [11-Sep-2012 22:51:38 UTC] PHP Fatal error: require() [[function.require](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-for-wordpress-multisite/function.require?output_format=md)]:
   Failed opening required ‘./wp-blog-header.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/local/php53/
   pear’) in /home/golden60/public_html/members/index.php on line 17
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-for-wordpress-multisite/#post-3037558)
 * > In my cPanel you just type in the name for the subdomain and it creates and
   > points to the public_html automatically.
 * That’s odd. By default it points to `/public_html/subdomainname` for every cPanel
   install I’ve ever seen.
 * Go back and double check.
 * Now I know `goldentechnologies.ca` is your main domain. What sub are we testing?
 *  Thread Starter [stackaruk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stackaruk/)
 * (@stackaruk)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-for-wordpress-multisite/#post-3037559)
 * members.goldentechnologies.ca
 *  Thread Starter [stackaruk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stackaruk/)
 * (@stackaruk)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-for-wordpress-multisite/#post-3037560)
 * You are correct about the cPanel default path, is that incorrect?
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-for-wordpress-multisite/#post-3037616)
 * It’s correct, just not for what you want 😉
 * Change the cPanel path from `/public_html/members/` to just `/public_html/`
 *  Thread Starter [stackaruk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stackaruk/)
 * (@stackaruk)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-for-wordpress-multisite/#post-3037645)
 * Within the subdomain creation tool I get a message saying:
    There was a problem
   creating the sub-domain. Details: dealers.goldentechnologies.ca domainadmin-domainexistsglobal
 *  Thread Starter [stackaruk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stackaruk/)
 * (@stackaruk)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-for-wordpress-multisite/#post-3037667)
 * Mika, you rock!
    It worked:))) Now on to the next phase of the project, the installation
   of WP eCommerce. Any advise:)
 *  [Ameet Agarwal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ameetagarwal/)
 * (@ameetagarwal)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-for-wordpress-multisite/#post-3037911)
 * Had the same problem and this is what i tried –
 * In the .htaccess file:
 *     ```
       # BEGIN WordPress
       RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
   
       # uploaded files
       RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$2 [L]
   
       # add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
       RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L]
   
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
       RewriteRule ^ - [L]
       RewriteRule  ^[_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $1 [L]
       RewriteRule  ^[_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/(.*\.php)$ $1 [L]
       RewriteRule . index.php [L]
   
       # Add Expires Header to Static Resources
       ExpiresActive On
       ExpiresByType image/gif A2592000
       ExpiresByType image/png A2592000
       ExpiresByType image/jpg A2592000
       ExpiresByType image/jpeg A2592000
       ExpiresByType image/ico A2592000
       ExpiresByType text/css A2592000
       ExpiresByType text/javascript A2592000
       ExpiresByType text/js A2592000
       ExpiresByType application/x-javascript A2592000
       ExpiresByType text/htm A2592000
       ExpiresByType text/html A2592000
       ExpiresByType application/xhtml A2592000
       ExpiresByType application/xml A2592000
   
       # END WordPress
       ```
   
 * Added the following to wp-config.php:
 *     ```
       $base = '/';
       ```
   
 * after
    define(‘MULTISITE’, true); define(‘SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL’, false);

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