How to fix Internal Server Error for WordPress websites?

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What is Internal Server Error:





The internal server error is also called as 500 Internal Server Error.

It does not give the exact cause of the error. There are some possibilities to cause this error.

1) This error mostly occurs when your .htaccess file is corrupted.

2) reaching your PHP memory limit.

3) There may be the issue of your WordPress plugin.


Solutions:

1) Check the .htaccess file:

There may be chances that .htaccess file is corrupted which is the most common reason for the 500 Internal Server Error.

In this case, Simply rename your .htaccess file.

2) PHP Memory Limit:

Sometimes internal server error can happen if you are exhausting your PHP memory limit.

To solve this issue, go to your wp-config.php file and search for WP_MEMORY_LIMIT.

If it exists, change the value to “64M”. If it does not exist then add the following line into the file:

define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '64M');.

3) Disabling the Plugins:

You can try disabling and enabling all the plugins one by one to check which plugin is causing this issue.

In this way, you can solve this issue.