Title: Error 500 when Activating plugin from inside WP
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Error 500 when Activating plugin from inside WP

 *  [arbrown64](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arbrown64/)
 * (@arbrown64)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-500-when-activating-plugin-from-inside-wp/)
 * When i try to activate the plug in the next screen after clicking activate shows
   the following:
 * “Error 500 – Internal server error
    An internal server error has occured! Please
   try again later.”
 * If I hit the back arrow on my browser the plug-in page returns showing Buddy 
   Press in a inactive state

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 *  [aianta03](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aianta03/)
 * (@aianta03)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-500-when-activating-plugin-from-inside-wp/#post-1463859)
 * sounds like you do not meet the requirements to run the plug in. I got this when
   I needed php 5 for a plug in…

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