Title: Getting "Internal Server Error" when installing plugins
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Getting "Internal Server Error" when installing plugins

 *  Resolved [petej830](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petej830/)
 * (@petej830)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-internal-server-error-when-installing-plugins/)
 * I just started having this issue a couple of weeks ago. For some weird reason
   when I try to activate a new plugin I just installed I get a “Internal Server
   Error”. Once it does that I have no way to access my site. I have to ftp into
   my plugins folder and manually remove the plugin and the sites back up. At first
   I thought the plugins were not compatible with the version of wordpress I am 
   using but after trying 10 plugins or so that I know are compatible I’m still 
   getting the error. I’m running wordpress 3.4.1 and I’m using pagelines theme.

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 *  [Krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1nexus/)
 * (@1nexus)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-internal-server-error-when-installing-plugins/#post-2894969)
 * Can you revert to Twenty Eleven theme and see if installing plugins causes the
   problem?
 *  Thread Starter [petej830](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petej830/)
 * (@petej830)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-internal-server-error-when-installing-plugins/#post-2894981)
 * Thanks for getting back so quick. Pagelines was causing the issue. Everything
   works fine now. Too bad. I really like pagelines. It there anyway to fix that
   so I can have the pagelines theme.
 *  [Krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1nexus/)
 * (@1nexus)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-internal-server-error-when-installing-plugins/#post-2894982)
 * Go [HERE](http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/pagelines). I find 10 links of (
   possibly) problems listed by others. Also you can find the theme author’s page
   and the theme page there. Possibly you will find some answers there, or someone
   else will chime in and tell you more about how to solve the issue further.
 *  Thread Starter [petej830](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petej830/)
 * (@petej830)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-internal-server-error-when-installing-plugins/#post-2894983)
 * Awesome. Thank you so much Krishna. You’ve been a huge help.
 *  [Krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1nexus/)
 * (@1nexus)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-internal-server-error-when-installing-plugins/#post-2894984)
 * You are welcome!

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-internal-server-error-when-installing-plugins/#post-2894984)
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