Title: Recurring HTTP/1.0 500 Server Error Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Recurring HTTP/1.0 500 Server Error * [FuZionDCA](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fuziondca/) * (@fuziondca) * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recurring-http10-500-server-error/) * Sorry this looks long, but I’ve tried a few things I wanted to explain. * I think I need some help. * I’ve seen similar threads along these lines, but none seem to match my particular unusual scenario. * Okay, boring back story. I used to build my own website, taught myself a little php to create some templates & has time has gone by I have less time to this manual work now. I was guided to WP & a week ago started out. * I installed WP from my FastHost web hosting one-click install & was having great success retrospectively typing up old blogs (Only about 80 posts, not a lot). Until I had a problem. * It first happened after changing themes. My dashboard & all admin pages wouldn’t show, blank screens only. I search various forums & found a few references to the .htaccess file (I think that’s what it’s called anyway) which I found out is a hidden file. * Not a problem, since this is quite a new installation I decided to start again and reinstall WordPress. I uninstalled & re-installed through the one click installation. * Everything seems fine until I tried to access my blog through the iOS app (Which I had previously used without problems). This is where I first saw “HTTP/1.0 500 Server Error”. After reading more forums I found further references to that hidden file. * Since I had reinstalled I decided to start again. Reinstalled, eventually, and began to start reinstalling plug-ins. This time activating plug-in, I forget which one again, sorry, when my web browser refreshed I was greeted with another blank dashboard screen. * Slightly balder, I decided to reinstall WordPress AGAIN, but this time took every single file on my server and place them into another folder so I was essentially installing to a blank slate. * Fourth time lucky? No, when adding a category through the iOS app, I get the error again. * Fifth attempt, earlier today. I was activating JetPack (I know it’s horrible)& again the next visit to my dashboard nothing but a blank screen. * I get the feeling there are some hidden files still causing problems & I blank installation should not have recurring problems. * Can anyone guide me towards removing EVERY single trace of a previous install? * That should work right? * Thanks, Russ. Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * Thread Starter [FuZionDCA](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fuziondca/) * (@fuziondca) * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recurring-http10-500-server-error/#post-2433792) * Crazy. * It happened again today after now flushing phpMySql… I installed JetPack, fingers crossed & I lost the dashboard again. * I’d read somewhere that a memory limit could solve this so I found & added the following line to my wp_config.php file: * define(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ’96M’); * … Problem solved. I can’t believe it was this simple after all of that. * Russ. * Thread Starter [FuZionDCA](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fuziondca/) * (@fuziondca) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recurring-http10-500-server-error/#post-2433930) * Hi everyone, * I’ve popped onto my site today. No changes, no updates, no posts or additions to yesterday when everything was fine & today I’m getting the following message: * Error establishing a database connection * Every page gives the same message whether this is a site page or admin page. * I see a quick search for this phrase reveals 3 pages of search results. Can anyone give me any hints or starting blocks here? * Thanks, Russ. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recurring-http10-500-server-error/#post-2433931) * Have you tried asking your hosts if they are experiencing any problems?. * Thread Starter [FuZionDCA](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fuziondca/) * (@fuziondca) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recurring-http10-500-server-error/#post-2433932) * That didn’t cross my mind, I’ll check it out with them & come back to the forum. * Thread Starter [FuZionDCA](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fuziondca/) * (@fuziondca) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recurring-http10-500-server-error/#post-2433933) * They must have been having a moment. After a few hours down & before I got to call them, everything is fine again. * Gotta love tech 🙂 * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recurring-http10-500-server-error/#post-2433934) * Sometimes, the simplest of questions provides the right answer. Glad to hear that you;re up & running again. 🙂 Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) The topic ‘Recurring HTTP/1.0 500 Server Error’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [Error establishing a database connection](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/error-establishing-a-database-connection/) * [HTTP](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/http/) * [server](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/server/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 6 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * Last activity: [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recurring-http10-500-server-error/#post-2433934) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics