Title: Error 500 wp-admin Last modified: January 18, 2023 --- # Error 500 wp-admin * [elpepian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elpepian/) * (@elpepian) * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-500-wp-admin-2/) * Hello. I have a client and yesterday sent me an email telling me that can not access to the wordpress dashboard. So I was searching for solutions and found some topics with this problem. I already deactivate the plugins, rename the theme folder and rename the .htaccess file but nothing changed. * From the log file of the root folder I get this message: * ``` [18-Jan-2023 14:16:52 UTC] PHP Warning: Illegal string offset 'remember' in /home/apoturperu/public_html/wp-includes/user.php on line 41 [18-Jan-2023 14:16:52 UTC] PHP Warning: Cannot assign an empty string to a string offset in /home/apoturperu/public_html/wp-includes/user.php on line 41 [18-Jan-2023 14:16:52 UTC] PHP Warning: Illegal string offset 'user_login' in /home/apoturperu/public_html/wp-includes/user.php on line 56 [18-Jan-2023 14:16:52 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Cannot create references to/from string offsets in /home/apoturperu/public_html/wp-includes/user.php:56 Stack trace: #0 /home/apoturperu/public_html/wp-login.php(806): wp_signon('', '') #1 {main} thrown in /home/apoturperu/public_html/wp-includes/user.php on line 56 ``` * I activate the debugger and get this message: * ``` [18-Jan-2023 14:42:17 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Function get_magic_quotes_gpc() is deprecated in /home/apoturperu/public_html/wp-includes/load.php on line 583 [18-Jan-2023 14:42:17 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Function create_function() is deprecated in /home/apoturperu/public_html/wp-includes/pomo/translations.php on line 208 [18-Jan-2023 14:42:51 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Function get_magic_quotes_gpc() is deprecated in /home/apoturperu/public_html/wp-includes/load.php on line 583 [18-Jan-2023 14:42:51 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Function create_function() is deprecated in /home/apoturperu/public_html/wp-includes/pomo/translations.php on line 208 [18-Jan-2023 14:42:51 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Function create_function() is deprecated in /home/apoturperu/public_html/wp-includes/pomo/translations.php on line 208 [18-Jan-2023 14:42:51 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Function get_magic_quotes_gpc() is deprecated in /home/apoturperu/public_html/wp-includes/formatting.php on line 3785 [18-Jan-2023 14:42:51 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Function get_magic_quotes_gpc() is deprecated in /home/apoturperu/public_html/wp-includes/formatting.php on line 3785 [18-Jan-2023 14:42:51 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Function get_magic_quotes_gpc() is deprecated in /home/apoturperu/public_html/wp-includes/load.php on line 583 [18-Jan-2023 14:42:51 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Function create_function() is deprecated in /home/apoturperu/public_html/wp-includes/pomo/translations.php on line 208 [18-Jan-2023 14:42:51 UTC] PHP Warning: Illegal string offset 'remember' in /home/apoturperu/public_html/wp-includes/user.php on line 41 [18-Jan-2023 14:42:51 UTC] PHP Warning: Cannot assign an empty string to a string offset in /home/apoturperu/public_html/wp-includes/user.php on line 41 [18-Jan-2023 14:42:51 UTC] PHP Warning: Illegal string offset 'user_login' in /home/apoturperu/public_html/wp-includes/user.php on line 56 [18-Jan-2023 14:42:51 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Cannot create references to/from string offsets in /home/apoturperu/public_html/wp-includes/user.php:56 Stack trace: #0 /home/apoturperu/public_html/wp-login.php(806): wp_signon('', '') #1 {main} thrown in /home/apoturperu/public_html/wp-includes/user.php on line 56 ``` * That is all I got so far. Hope you can help me with this. Thanks in advanced! * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Ferror-500-wp-admin-2%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * [Benedikt Ledl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benniledl/) * (@benniledl) * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-500-wp-admin-2/#post-16385894) * Maybe an update has damaged the WordPress-Core files. * Try [downloading WordPress](https://wordpress.org/download/) again ( make sure the downloaded version is the same as the currently delpoyed version ), access your server via [SFTP or FTP](https://wordpress.org/support/article/ftp-clients/), or a file manager in your hosting account’s control panel, and delete then replace your copies of everything **except** the `wp-config.php` file and the `/wp-content/` directory with fresh copies from the download. This will effectively replace all of your core files without damaging your content and settings. * Some uploaders tend to be unreliable when overwriting files, so don’t forget to delete the original files before replacing them. - This reply was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by [Benedikt Ledl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benniledl/). * Thread Starter [elpepian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elpepian/) * (@elpepian) * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-500-wp-admin-2/#post-16387379) * Ok. Just to be clear and 100% sure. * I have to DELETE all files except: - wp-config.php file - /wp-content folder * All the rest should be deleted. * Then I upload (from the downloaded WordPress) all files except the ones I listed above. * Please confirm (and fingers crossed). * Thanks! * [Benedikt Ledl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benniledl/) * (@benniledl) * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-500-wp-admin-2/#post-16388141) * Hi, yes this is right. Make sure to download the same version of WordPress again. * Thread Starter [elpepian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elpepian/) * (@elpepian) * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-500-wp-admin-2/#post-16393227) * Hi [@benniledl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benniledl/) I just did what you recommend but I keep getting the Error 500 page when I try to access the wp-admin URL 🙁 * The wordpress version is 4.3.30. Here I share more information from the version. php file: * ```wp-block-code /** The WordPress version string @global string $wp_version */ $wp_version = '4.3.30'; /** Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema. @global int $wp_db_version */ $wp_db_version = 33056; /** Holds the TinyMCE version @global string $tinymce_version */ $tinymce_version = '4205-20150910'; /** Holds the required PHP version @global string $required_php_version */ $required_php_version = '5.2.4'; /** Holds the required MySQL version @global string $required_mysql_version */ $required_mysql_version = '5.0'; ``` * What can I do? There is something more I can try? * [Benedikt Ledl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benniledl/) * (@benniledl) * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-500-wp-admin-2/#post-16393231) * Hi, please enable the WordPress-Debug mode and post any error messages in the debug-log or on the site. * > [Debugging in WordPress](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/debugging-in-wordpress/) * Thread Starter [elpepian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elpepian/) * (@elpepian) * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-500-wp-admin-2/#post-16393264) * Ok. I just did and it shows A LOT of lines. * You can watch the file from its location at: [http://apoturperu.org/wp-content/debug.log](http://apoturperu.org/wp-content/debug.log) * 🤞 Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) The topic ‘Error 500 wp-admin’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [error 500](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/error-500/) * [wp-admin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp-admin/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 6 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [elpepian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elpepian/) * Last activity: [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-500-wp-admin-2/#post-16393264) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics