Title: HTTP Error 500
Last modified: February 5, 2018

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# HTTP Error 500

 *  [bodybybarber](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bodybybarber/)
 * (@bodybybarber)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-500-84/)
 * Regardless of whether I am trying to login as admin or merely accessing the website,
   I receive this error message. The last time I was able to access it was about
   a week ago when I updated a few plug-ins (which I cannot remember which ones 
   they were). After updating them, I closed out of my website because I am able
   to do anything else with my website while it is updating.
 * When I visited a few days later, I was having issues and always coming up with
   this error. I visited some forums, including on here, but none of the topics 
   seemed helpful as I am not sure how to troubleshoot this problem in the first
   place.
 * Any and all help is appreciated! Thank you!
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fhttp-error-500-84%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-500-84/#post-9940380)
 * Errors like this are logged. Check the error log on your server. If you can’t
   find the log, please contact your host.
 * Meantime, enable wp_debug and wp_debug_log and after an error, look at wp-content/
   debug.log to see if anything gets logged there. [https://codex.wordpress.org/Debugging_in_WordPress](https://codex.wordpress.org/Debugging_in_WordPress)
 * You can also try this: Please attempt to disable all plugins, and use one of 
   the default (Twenty*) themes. If the problem goes away, enable them one by one
   to identify the source of your troubles.
 * If you cannot access wp-admin, there are other ways to [deactivate plugins](https://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F).
 *  [Rajan Vijayan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rajanit2000/)
 * (@rajanit2000)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-500-84/#post-9940799)
 * Hi.,
 * – deactivating ALL (yes all) plugins temporarily to see if this resolves the 
   problem (plugin functions can interfere). If this works, re-activate them individually(
   one-by-one) to find the problematic plugin(s).
    – If you don’t have access to
   your Dashboard’s Plugins page, try manually resetting your plugins (no Dashboard
   access required). Here is another tutorial: [http://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-deactivate-all-plugins-when-not-able-to-access-wp-admin/](http://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-deactivate-all-plugins-when-not-able-to-access-wp-admin/)–
   If that resolves the issue, reactivate each one individually until you find the
   cause. Also remember to deactivate any plugins in the mu-plugins folder (if you
   have created such folder). The easiest way is to rename that folder to mu-plugins-
   old. – switching to the unedited default Theme (Twenty Seventeen, etc.) for a
   moment using the WP dashboard to rule out any theme-specific issue (theme functions
   can interfere like plugins). If you don’t have access to your Dashboard’s Appearance
   page, access your server via FTP/ SFTP , or a file manager in your hosting account’s
   control panel (consult your hosting provider’s documentation for specifics on
   these), navigate to /wp-content/themes/ and switch to the default theme by renaming
   your current theme’s folder by adding “-old” to the end of the folder name. Alternately,
   you can remove other themes except the default theme (Twenty Seventeen, etc.).
   That will force your site to use it. – If the above steps don’t resole the issue,
   try MANUALLY updating. Download WordPress again and unzip it. Access your server
   via SFTP or FTP, or a file manager in your hosting account’s control panel (consult
   your hosting provider’s documentation for specifics on these), and delete then
   replace your copies of everything on the server 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. Please read the Manual Update directions first.
 * If you want further help I’ll be happy to assist.
 * Thanks.,
    Rajan V
 *  [sandip](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sandip88/)
 * (@sandip88)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-500-84/#post-9946355)
 * Hi,
    Deactivate all the plugins first using FTP or Cpanel. Go to your website
   and activate plugins one by one. Then you can find the plugin which resulted 
   in[ http error 500](https://ideasoncanvas.in/how-to-fix-http-error-500internal-server-error-in-wordpress/)

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