Internal Server Error on index.php AND wp-admin

  • Hello,

    I am encountering a 500 error on every part of my site (crazydrumguy.com) having to do with WordPress, including the frontend and the admin panel. Everything other than this installation of WordPress appears to be working fine.

    Immediately before the error began to occur, I was playing around with one of the WordPress plugins I have installed. I have since deleted all of that plugin’s files via FTP and renamed my plugins directory to gibberish, but this has not corrected the problem. The most recent file that I uploaded was a stylesheet, and my .htaccess file has not changed from what it was before.

    The server error log has multiple entries saying “Premature end of script headers: index.php.” Since the only thing index.php does is load the other wordpress files, this hasn’t really helped me solve the problem. I have no idea what I could have done that would have screwed up wordpress AND the admin panel that can’t be solved by deleting that plugin that looks like it caused the problem.

    Thanks!

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  • Believe it or not, often when “everything fails” there’s 1 small root cause, and given the breadth of the problem, many times this giant clue can help narrow things down. Of course, I’m speaking in general; hopefully we can clue in to a solution here.

    Usually when I get surprise 500 errors, it almost always is due to me missing closing punctuation – a line of code that misses, duplicates, or swaps any one of these: ‘ ” () ; . It’s kinda funny/strange how PHP can come to a grinding halt because of such a small mistake.

    I’d say have a very close look at index.php for missing punctuation. Also, PHP may log more details in an error log, perhaps giving you an actual line number.

    Good luck,

    -WC

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/500_error (<- Wikipedia definitions of errors, including 500 error)

    not a client-side error. I have to agree with WatchCount. Did you alter the index.php file in any manner?

    Is this a manual install of WordPress, or a one-click install like what webhost clients who have cPanel with Fantastico Deluxe have?

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