Title: Internal Server Error
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Internal Server Error

 *  Resolved [sweatinphish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sweatinphish/)
 * (@sweatinphish)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-78/)
 * when i try to access my dashboard or other areas from my website i keep getting
   this
 * ——————————————————————–
    Internal Server Error
 * The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to
   complete your request.
 * Please contact the server administrator, [webmaster@yabnigltd.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-78/webmaster@yabnigltd.com?output_format=md)
   and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done
   that may have caused the error.
 * More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
 * Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument
   to handle the request.
 * Apache/2.2.21 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.21 OpenSSL/0.9.8e-fips-rhel5 mod_auth_passthrough/
   2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 mod_perl/2.0.5 Perl/v5.8.8 Server 
   at yabnigltd.com Port 80
    ———————————————————————- though it is indicated on 
   my site that i am logged on,please what should i do

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 *  [Christi Nickerson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/christini/)
 * (@christini)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-78/#post-2379602)
 * Hi sweatinphish,
 * Sorry you’re having trouble with that vague Internal Server Error. I did a little
   research and some people solved similar error by increasing PHP memory limit.
   Easiest way is by following these steps:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#Increasing_memory_allocated_to_PHP](http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#Increasing_memory_allocated_to_PHP)
 * Hope this helps!
 *  Thread Starter [sweatinphish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sweatinphish/)
 * (@sweatinphish)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-78/#post-2379613)
 * Thanks ChristiNi, i increased the memory limit to 96M but am still getting the
   same error
 *  [Christi Nickerson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/christini/)
 * (@christini)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-78/#post-2379643)
 * Hello again sweatinphish,
 * Because the error is vague, this may take a few tries to get to the bottom of
   this, but I do have some more suggestions and things for you to try:
 * The three common causes of this error message are:
    - Incorrect permissions settings, usually due to having a file as “world” write-
      able.
    - Incorrect permissions settings for use by another script (this is common with
      manual installs of forums or blogs)
    - Incorrect coding in the .htaccess file
 * Start by checking your file permissions, folders should usually be 755 while .
   html .php and other document types should usually be 644.
 * Next, disable all plugins to make sure this is not an issue caused by a plugin.
   If you can’t get to the plugins area of your dashboard, you can manually disable
   a plugin by renaming the specific plugin folder or you can disable all plugins
   by renaming the plugins folder itself. You can rename folders by using either
   FTP or your host’s File Manager.
 * Try resetting your permalinks by changing your Permalinks to something other 
   than the current structure and saving the changes. Then, change Permalinks back
   to the current structure and save again.
 * Let me know if this works.
 *  Thread Starter [sweatinphish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sweatinphish/)
 * (@sweatinphish)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-78/#post-2379736)
 * ChristiNi thank youuuuuuu.
 * i checked my .htaccess file and found out it was empty, so i created a new one
   and overwrote the existing one. thank you for your suggestions, its working fine
   now.

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 * Last reply from: [sweatinphish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sweatinphish/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-server-error-78/#post-2379736)
 * Status: resolved

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