500 Internal Server Error - How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/500-internal-server-error/ Discussion Board en-US Wed, 13 May 2026 01:18:36 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: 500 Internal Server Error https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/500-internal-server-error/#post-38307 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 21:07:51 +0000 Is that a Windows IIS server?

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 Anonymous20 https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/500-internal-server-error/#post-38307 RE: 500 Internal Server Error https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/500-internal-server-error/#post-38306 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 20:01:56 +0000 Hi @jkupitz79,

What hosting service you use. Please provide more information about the PHP version. 

Delete the plugin, search and install it again.

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 Martin https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/500-internal-server-error/#post-38306 500 Internal Server Error https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/500-internal-server-error/#post-38305 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 19:57:52 +0000 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. 

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