500 Internal Server Error - How can I fix this (this website was supposed to be a Christmas present)!

December 24, 2014 126.8k views
vanessashaw
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vanessashaw

I have been trying to login to my website, and I am receiving this Internal Server Error message. The website is www.mabeadsjewelry.com/wp-admin

Can someone help me navigate this problem?

- Vanessa

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator at wa@mabeadsjewerly.com to inform them of the time this error occurred, and the actions you performed just before this error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

7 comments
  • kamaln7 MOD December 24, 2014

    Hi! Are there any errors in Apache's error log?

    sudo tail /var/log/apache2/error.log
  • vanessashaw December 24, 2014

    i'm not sure how to check that...? normally i have a developer help me with this, but he has vanished and not answering my emails the last 10 days :(

  • kamaln7 MOD December 24, 2014

    To check that, log in to your droplet as the user "root" and run the following command:

    sudo tail /var/log/apache2/error.log

    Then post its output here.

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  • vanessashaw December 24, 2014

    i am trying to follow these instructions but it is seriously confusing. I have no idea what i'm doing :(

  • lollo90 January 30, 2015

    @kamaln7 : You saved me a lot of time!! I was getting mad trying to understand what was going wrong! Really thanks a lot

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4 Answers
runehm February 17, 2019

Check your RewriteBase and your RewriteRule in .htaccess file. Sometimes Wordpress adds the folder name of your Wordpress install as a RewriteBase. Just replace it with /

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poudel September 22, 2017

It says there is error on /wp-admin/options-general.php but I don't know which error it is.

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poudel September 23, 2017

Just removed .htaccess file and problem is not fixed.

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roshan2018 July 10, 2018

clear your browser data first like cookies ,history, and saved password and then tray again you can access your site url....... if this will not worked you will have to do in your ftp..... recreate the file and you will gain access again its prrty simple

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