Title: Sudden Internal Server Error
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Sudden Internal Server Error

 *  Resolved [colourdreamer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/colourdreamer/)
 * (@colourdreamer)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sudden-internal-server-error/)
 * I was working on this problem: [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/39430](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/39430)
   with feeds.
 * And a while later (I know the site worked right after and then I didn’t touch
   it) I now get a 500 Internal Server Error.
 * Can anyone tell me what this could be about?
 * I’m afraid Dreamhost won’t help me, because this is a third party script.
 * [http://kissmestace.com/thespotlight](http://kissmestace.com/thespotlight)

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 *  [ifelse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ifelse/)
 * (@ifelse)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sudden-internal-server-error/#post-236084)
 * This is probably a problem with your .htaccess file. Try deleting it to see if
   that resolves the issue.
 *  Thread Starter [colourdreamer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/colourdreamer/)
 * (@colourdreamer)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sudden-internal-server-error/#post-236116)
 * Oh, great! I thought it might be. The problem is that I can’t find the .htaccess
   file on my server to delete it. It’s invisible. I tried removing all the text
   and uploading that. I just uploaded one to try to install a plugin (and the plugin
   didn’t work). Gee, I wish I checked on this post earlier, but I was busy. I wish
   this forum had an e-mail notify, but it’s ok.
 * So, instead of just waiting to hear back, I’ll try to work with my FTP software
   to see if I can delete it.
 *  Thread Starter [colourdreamer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/colourdreamer/)
 * (@colourdreamer)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sudden-internal-server-error/#post-236119)
 * Yes, that was it. I found on the web how to show hidden files in CuteFTP. After
   I deleted the .htaccess file, the site came back. Thank you so much, and you 
   got to my post in a nice timely fashion after I wrote it. 🙂
 * Just another note, don’t delete your .htaccess file if you changed your permalink
   structure. I did, though, but then I updated the permalink options page, which
   writes a correct .htaccess file. I couldn’t do that before deleted, though, because
   I couldn’t access my site at all. Since it was down anyway, it didn’t matter.
   The site’s back now, including the entries and archives.

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 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [colourdreamer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/colourdreamer/)
 * Last activity: [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sudden-internal-server-error/#post-236119)
 * Status: resolved

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