Title: [Plugin: WP Complete Backup] 500 error message
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: WP Complete Backup] 500 error message

 *  [forensicneophyte](https://wordpress.org/support/users/forensicneophyte/)
 * (@forensicneophyte)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-complete-backup-500-error-message/)
 * when I run a backup I get a 500 error. The backup is saved in the storage folder,
   but afterwards, I’m getting the error message, The website is hosted by godaddy.
   com. I am wondering if it is corrupt. It seems like a lot of trouble to set up
   a new sub-domain install just to test the backup. If this is typical and there
   is nothing to worry, please let me know. If you think there is a problem, let
   me know also.
    Thanks Paul
 *  Here is the error message:
 * Internal Server Error
 * The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to
   complete your request.
 * Please contact the server administrator 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.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-complete-backup/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-complete-backup/)

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 *  [AdpM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adpm/)
 * (@adpm)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-complete-backup-500-error-message/#post-2817924)
 * I’m also getting this exact error (also hosted on godaddy). The file is being
   created, but I don’t know how reliable it would be if it was restored. Please
   let me know if this is something to be concerned about.
    Thanks, April
 *  [petecranston](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petecranston/)
 * (@petecranston)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-complete-backup-500-error-message/#post-2817986)
 * I also get this message though I’m hosted by 123-reg. I need to know if the backup
   will work as I’m about to change servers.
 *  Thread Starter [forensicneophyte](https://wordpress.org/support/users/forensicneophyte/)
 * (@forensicneophyte)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-complete-backup-500-error-message/#post-2817987)
 * Now that you have to move it to a new server, you can test it. When I wrote this
   post I was hoping that someone had already experienced this problem and had an
   answer. So if your new server install works then please let us know. I had this
   problem with wp-complete-backup. Another problem with that plugin is that I can’t
   find a way to do scheduled backups. I think I found a better plugin. I’m going
   to try backWPup plugin. It has scheduled backups and I think you can tell it 
   to put a backup on your server and send one to dropbox which is what I want. 
   So there you have it. Actually When I want to move to a different server I find
   it easer to just install wp on the new server, delete the wp-content file, Download
   my original or existing website wp-content file and upload it to the new server.
   Then I delete all the tables in the new install’s database. Then I backup the
   database with phpmyadmin and import it to the new install. Then you have to change
   the database username, password and maybe a few other things in the wp-config
   file. It’s not to hard to figure out, but It might be fore someone who’s new 
   to wp, or databases.

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-complete-backup-500-error-message/#post-2817987)
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