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Better WP Security – So Secure It Doesn’t Let ANYONE In! | Internal Server Error

Better WP Security (BWP)

I’ve been using this plugin for ages without any problems.
Until Now.

TWO of my sites went down with mysterious “Internal Server Error” messages.
Even the usual URL/license.txt routine generated the error, so it was clearly not a WordPress problem exactly.

I actually went as far as logging a support ticket with Unlimited Web Hosting, but I was already suspecting the htaccess file.. Sure enough, there was an error (a missing word) in there, caused by BWP.

I corrected this, and it’s sorted.

So, here’s how to fix this problem:

  • FTP (or file manager) into your site.
  • Open .htaccess
  • Look at the bottom end of the file.
  • There will either be a missing command (you can’t miss it – it’s obvious), or a chopped-up word. Again obvious. Insert the magic word (it’ll be the same as the line above or below it), or correct/delete the chopped-up word.
  • Save the changes.
  • Access your site.
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Internal Server Error 500

Been getting this error intermittently across multiple sites and multiple hosting.
Last night, I had two sites down for a couple of hours.
Apparently, WordPress is trying to access something that isn’t available, and rather than timing-out, it’s crashing.
WP forums has lots of conflicting info about this.
It’s either a problem with dodgy plugins/themes, a problem with mod_rewrite rules in htaccess, or just Godaddy being crap. Well I’m not with Godaddy.

The only thing that seems to be consistent is that it started happening after WP 3.01.
I’ve just upgraded to 3.1.. so we’ll see what happens..


Byq292u

Internal Server Error 500

Been getting this error intermittently across multiple sites and multiple hosting.
Last night, I had two sites down for a couple of hours.
Apparently, WordPress is trying to access something that isn’t available, and rather than timing-out, it’s crashing.
WP forums has lots of conflicting info about this.
It’s either a problem with dodgy plugins/themes, a problem with mod_rewrite rules in htaccess, or just Godaddy being crap. Well I’m not with Godaddy.

The only thing that seems to be consistent is that it started happening after WP 3.01.
I’ve just upgraded to 3.1.. so we’ll see what happens..


Byq292u

More Troubles at Jab Web

One of my sites has been up and down all weekend. “Internal Server Error”, and humungous load times.
It’s hosted on Jab Web who have been having some “server problems”.

GA stats say that these problems have killed traffic stone dead on that site. Nobody contacted me to say there was a problem. Would I ever have known if I hadn’t checked the site? 🙁