Title: 500 internal server error when posting/editing
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# 500 internal server error when posting/editing

 *  [Tyssen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tyssen/)
 * (@tyssen)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-when-postingediting/)
 * I’ve recently been getting 500 internal server error messages whenever editing
   or posting. Reuploading my .htaccess file fixes the problem straight away. Is
   this a WP problem or should I be speaking to my host about it?

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 *  Thread Starter [Tyssen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tyssen/)
 * (@tyssen)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-when-postingediting/#post-674929)
 * It looks like each time I update my blog, it’s appending the WP .htaccess rules
   to the bottom of my file:
 *     ```
       # BEGIN WordPress
       <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteBase /
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
       RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
       </IfModule>
   
       # END WordPress
       ```
   
 * Except that I’ve already included that at the top of the file. It didn’t used
   to do this so is it a recent change in WP that is causing this? Or is there any
   configuration option I can select to prevent it?
 *  [tgiokdi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tgiokdi/)
 * (@tgiokdi)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-when-postingediting/#post-674942)
 * try making the htaccess file read only?

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 * ["500 internal server error"](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/500-internal-server-error/)
 * [htaccess](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/htaccess/)

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 * Last reply from: [tgiokdi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tgiokdi/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-when-postingediting/#post-674942)
 * Status: not resolved

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