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500 internal server error after changing Wordpress URL

Hi there-

I’m getting a 500 internal server error whenever I try to load up my website. I made a mistake earlier when I was using Wordpress. I accidentally put an incorrect URL for my site in the in the admin dashboard, which messed up the site. I hardcoded the variables inside wp-config.php, so I could load the site again. This worked, however, I made the mistake of deleting these variables once the site was working. Since then I am getting a 500 internal server error, and every page on my site is blank. When I put the variables in again, to define the site URL, it didn’t work. I have already checked the .htaccess file and disabled plugins, which did not work. Any ideas?

Thanks.

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Rahul Shinde • July 16, 2015

You can always change the siteurl option in the database directly, it’s in the wp_options table of your database. On SSH

mysql wp_dbname

select * from wp_options where option_name = 'siteurl';

Above query will show you the current siteurl

update wp_options set option_value = "http://yourwordpresssitename.com"  where option_name = 'siteurl';

Above query will update the siteurl for you.