Limited Support
Our support team is currently on holiday from December 25, 2025 to January 7, 2026, and replies may be delayed during this period.
We appreciate your patience and understanding while our team is away. Thank you for being part of the wpForo community!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 🎄
I got this error immediately after activating WPForo:
500: Internal server error
This error is generated when a script running on the server could not be implemented or permissions are incorrectly assigned for files or directories
Troubleshooting suggestions:
Temporarily disable any rewrite rules by renaming your .htaccess file if it exists.
Ensure that any CGI or Perl scripts have at least .755. permissions.
If trying to run PHP and you get this error, you may have an invalid php.ini in your /cgi-bin, or may be missing your php.dat file in this folder.
I have no idea where to even begin troubleshooting this issue. This error message shows up in every browser and every page on my site. Can I fix this within Wordpress? I don't know where to find CGI or Perl scripts, let alone change their permissions.
Hi @jkupitz79,
What hosting service you use. Please provide more information about the PHP version.
Delete the plugin, search and install it again.
Is that a Windows IIS server?
