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Scott O'Neil
Scott O'Neil
8,282 Points
Posted by Scott O'Neil
Scott O'Neil
8,282 Points

Internal Server Error

So I finally got the site to upload and the front page is live. However there is an Internal Server Error that pops up. Anyone know why?

Scott O'Neil
Scott O'Neil
8,282 Points
Scott O'Neil
Scott O'Neil
8,282 Points

Anyone? No one have this issue? I can't figure it out. It's on my website under about me. developedbyoneil.com

Scott O'Neil
Scott O'Neil
8,282 Points
Scott O'Neil
Scott O'Neil
8,282 Points

http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-fix-the-internal-server-error-in-wordpress/

Found my answer on link above. If anyone else gets the 500 error. I changed my permalinks settings to "post" and also renamed my .htaccess file to .htaccess_old Hope this helps someone.

2 Answers

Michael Lorenzana
Michael Lorenzana
12,029 Points
Michael Lorenzana
Michael Lorenzana
12,029 Points

I had the same problem and tried out the link and it wasn't my plugins or my themes. The solution that resolved my issue was changing the permalinks to "Post Name" in the common settings. Hope this resolves your issue.

Lindyanne Ehrnrooth
Lindyanne Ehrnrooth
10,730 Points
Lindyanne Ehrnrooth
Lindyanne Ehrnrooth
10,730 Points

Thank you so much, Michael, that advice saved me tearing my hair out!

Ulrike Pechmann
Ulrike Pechmann
18,211 Points
Ulrike Pechmann
Ulrike Pechmann
18,211 Points

Worked for me too. I set permalinks to 'Post name' before upload, but simply had to save the permalink settings again and it worked. thx!

Socrates Perez
Socrates Perez
3,789 Points
Socrates Perez
Socrates Perez
3,789 Points

Simple fix but HUGE help! Thank you.

Brennen Mayes
Brennen Mayes
2,786 Points
Brennen Mayes
Brennen Mayes
2,786 Points

I had this same issue. What worked for me was in this link https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-internal-server-error-when-moving-website

Pretty much just deactivate all the plug-ins and then see if the other pages worked (which did it for me) then just go back in and reactivate them.

Hope this helps!