Title: .htaccess edit – causing 500 error Last modified: May 6, 2024 --- # .htaccess edit – causing 500 error * Resolved [tbyron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tbyron/) * (@tbyron) * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-edit-causing-500-error/) * Today, all of my applications began generating a 500 internal server error; this was traced to the following edit in the .htaccess file: * SecRuleRemoveById 90000SecRuleRemoveById 114 * Commenting it out resolved the issue. Is this a WordFence addition? Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) * Plugin Support [wfphil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfphil/) * (@wfphil) * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-edit-causing-500-error/#post-17738124) * Hi [@tbyron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tbyron/) * That code is related to a server firewall called ModSecurity and you will need to ask your hosting provider to resolve this for you. * Thread Starter [tbyron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tbyron/) * (@tbyron) * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-edit-causing-500-error/#post-17739050) * Thank you very much. Will resolve with them. Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) The topic ‘.htaccess edit – causing 500 error’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/wordfence/assets/icon.svg?rev=2070865) * [Wordfence Security - Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordfence/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordfence/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordfence/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordfence/reviews/) ## Tags * [htaccess](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/htaccess/) * 2 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [tbyron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tbyron/) * Last activity: [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-edit-causing-500-error/#post-17739050) * Status: resolved