Title: Using template copy causes Internal Server Error
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Using template copy causes Internal Server Error

 *  [chrisboggs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrisboggs/)
 * (@chrisboggs)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-template-copy-causes-internal-server-error/)
 * First off, great little plugin. It works fine for me out of the box.
 * Unfortunately I need to use a custom template to achieve my goal. When I copy
   the emailandnameform.php and rename it to ssd-emailandnameform.php and save it
   in the root of my active theme I get an Internal Server Error AND an additional
   404 Error on the page where I placed the shortcode.
 * I must note that I am dynamically placing the shortcode into all members of a
   specific custom post type by using a custom field. Still, this works fine for
   me when not trying to use a template copy.
 * How can I troubleshoot this? Is this a problem you have heard of before? Got 
   any suggestions I can try?
 * Thank you in advance for any help!
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 * Last reply from: [chrisboggs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrisboggs/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-template-copy-causes-internal-server-error/)
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