Title: [Plugin: WordPress Automatic upgrade] 500 Server Error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: WordPress Automatic upgrade] 500 Server Error

 *  [mikekutz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikekutz/)
 * (@mikekutz)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-automatic-upgrade-500-server-error/)
 * Using the WP Automatic update going from 2.1 to 2.5. After updating database 
   step, I now get a 500 Server Error.
 * What did I do wrong? Or better yet, what can I do to fix it?

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 *  [gunderstorm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gunderstorm/)
 * (@gunderstorm)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-automatic-upgrade-500-server-error/#post-736442)
 * Same thing happened to me. During the database backup, my screen just went white
   showing only the header and navigation. No message about progress. And now my
   blog is down.
 *  [gunderstorm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gunderstorm/)
 * (@gunderstorm)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-automatic-upgrade-500-server-error/#post-736445)
 * I saw some other posts where PHP version was discussed. My host is using 5.0 
   if that’s a factor in this?
 *  [gunderstorm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gunderstorm/)
 * (@gunderstorm)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-automatic-upgrade-500-server-error/#post-736624)
 * I wish someone could comment on this. My blog has been down for a couple of days
   now.
 * If my site is giving a 500 Server Error, is that “maintenance mode”? I’ve followed
   the instructions in the FAQ regarding “My site is in maintenance mode and the
   plugin did not complete. What do I do now?” and I don’t have a ‘index.php.wpau.
   bak’ file on my server. Furthermore, my backup folder is empty. What the heck
   did this plugin do to my blog?!?
 *  [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * (@kmessinger)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-automatic-upgrade-500-server-error/#post-736631)
 * Both of you might want to give us a URL. That usually helps in figuring things
   out.
 *  [thilak123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thilak123/)
 * (@thilak123)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-automatic-upgrade-500-server-error/#post-736634)
 * Some hosts use suphp. Try to chmod your index.php with 755 (instead of 777 or
   666).
 * Podz has posted an excellent tutorial on chmoding:
    [http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/ftp/](http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/ftp/)
 *  Thread Starter [mikekutz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikekutz/)
 * (@mikekutz)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-automatic-upgrade-500-server-error/#post-736651)
 * Well, I’ve narrowed it down a bit, but I still don’t have a solution. I couldn’t
   even read the readme.html from the root directory until I removed the .htaccess
   file. Here is what is in mine.
 * <IfModule mod_security.c>
    SecFilterInheritance Off </IfModule> <Files xmlrpc.
   php> SecFilterInheritance Off </Files>
 * Maybe it is a permissions thing and removing the .htaccess skipped it.
 * Any more help would be appreciated, but I’ll keep banging away at it.
 *  Thread Starter [mikekutz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikekutz/)
 * (@mikekutz)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-automatic-upgrade-500-server-error/#post-736652)
 * Sorry, that was the old .htaccess, here is the new one.
 * <IfModule mod_security.c>
    SecFilterRemove 114 </IfModule># BEGIN WordPress
 * # END WordPress
 *  Thread Starter [mikekutz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikekutz/)
 * (@mikekutz)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-automatic-upgrade-500-server-error/#post-736653)
 * OK, I’m back up and running after putting the old .htaccess back.
 * Now, is there a way to continue the upgrade from the “enable tasks” point on?
 *  [baynado](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baynado/)
 * (@baynado)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-automatic-upgrade-500-server-error/#post-736661)
 * I´ve got a similiar problem. Somtimes my blog is down and sometimes it works.
 *  [Sparrowhawk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sparrowhawk/)
 * (@sparrowhawk)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-automatic-upgrade-500-server-error/#post-736729)
 * I see threads with users in trouble and no response from the plugin developers.
 * This is why I won’t use the automatic updaters.

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