Title: Problem with commenting
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Problem with commenting

 *  [wmt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wmt/)
 * (@wmt)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-commenting-1/)
 * Hey everyone,
 * I have a slight problem with visitors commenting on my site, [http://www.whistlemytune.com](http://www.whistlemytune.com)
 * If they’re not logged into a WP account, they get an error 500 and their comment
   is not posted. =(
 * What could be the problem?
 * This is pasted from the page they get:
 * >  The website cannot display the page
   >  HTTP 500 Most likely causes: The website
   > is under maintenance. The website has a programming error.
   >  What you can try:
   >  Refresh the page.
   >  Go back to the previous page.
   >  More information
   > This error (HTTP 500 Internal Server Error) means that the website you are 
   > visiting had a server problem which prevented the webpage from displaying.
   > For more information about HTTP errors, see Help.
 * Please help. =)
 * Bekah
    -xxx-

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 *  [andyjosh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andyjosh/)
 * (@andyjosh)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-commenting-1/#post-825872)
 * I have the exact same problem. After user goes to post comment, wp-comments-post.
   php shows up in the url and the message above appears.
    I have upgraded to 2.6.1
   from 2.5 but that did not seem to have resolved the issue.
 * Any ideas? My web site it: [http://www.embeddedflash.com](http://www.embeddedflash.com)
 * Thanks in advance for all your help.
 *  [andyjosh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andyjosh/)
 * (@andyjosh)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-commenting-1/#post-825873)
 * More information: On firefox, it gives me an error ‘Wrong anti-spam word’
    I 
   don’t have any word listed as anti-spam in the admin panel
 *  [mrmist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrmist/)
 * (@mrmist)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-commenting-1/#post-825874)
 * If you’re seeing those errors in IE, try turning off friendly errors in the browser–
 * Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced -> Untick “show friendly error messages”.
 * Then try whatever it is that makes the error appear again – you might see a WordPress
   error message insted which could be more helpful.
 *  [mrmist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrmist/)
 * (@mrmist)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-commenting-1/#post-825875)
 * I can’t see that error message in the core WordPress files, do you have a plugin
   running that deals with commenting?
 *  [andyjosh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andyjosh/)
 * (@andyjosh)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-commenting-1/#post-825877)
 * Well- I had wp-spam, and I thought this may be related to that, so I’ve removed
   the directory alltogether. Even then the error seems to come.
 * If the user is registered, everything seems to go fine- thats a bit strange.
 *  [andyjosh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andyjosh/)
 * (@andyjosh)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-commenting-1/#post-825878)
 * perhaps something is still in the database as a result of that wp-spamfree plug-
   in?
 *  [andyjosh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andyjosh/)
 * (@andyjosh)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-commenting-1/#post-825879)
 * Upon unchecking ‘show user friendly message, I got same error as firefox BTW.
   Thanks for all your help
 *  [andyjosh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andyjosh/)
 * (@andyjosh)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-commenting-1/#post-825880)
 * I thought I’d get rid of all the unwanted plug-ins and it started working after
   removing mycaptcha plug-in. Wonder what was happening……
 *  [mrmist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrmist/)
 * (@mrmist)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-commenting-1/#post-825881)
 * My guess is that you’re missing something in your template that the mycaptcha
   plugin needs in order to work.
 *  [andyjosh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andyjosh/)
 * (@andyjosh)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-commenting-1/#post-825882)
 * yes, thats quite possible. So the bottomline is that, if you get this error, 
   check for all the plug-ins and make sure there are no unwanted plug-ins.

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