Title: 500 Internal server error when activate plugin
Last modified: August 21, 2016

---

# 500 Internal server error when activate plugin

 *  [athyg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/athyg/)
 * (@athyg)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-when-activate-plugin/)
 * Hi there,
    Disclaimer: I’m a newbie, so excuse my ignorance.
 * So, I installed W3, as per instructions. But on activation my site goes down 
   with 500 internal server error.
 * Is there a default config setting that’s causing this?
    Or plugin incompatibility?
   My site URL: inspiredgifts.net
 * Thanks,
    Athy.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/)

The topic ‘500 Internal server error when activate plugin’ is closed to new replies.

 * ![](https://ps.w.org/w3-total-cache/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1041806)
 * [W3 Total Cache](https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/)
 * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/#faq)
 * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/w3-total-cache/)
 * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/w3-total-cache/active/)
 * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/w3-total-cache/unresolved/)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/w3-total-cache/reviews/)

 * 0 replies
 * 1 participant
 * Last reply from: [athyg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/athyg/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-when-activate-plugin/)
 * Status: not resolved