blue m Wordpress 2.7.1, Plugins, and Server Error 500Like others, whose webhoster is 1and1 and who use WordPress version 2.7.1, I experienced a lot of problems with some very popular plugins, such as

  • qTranslate,
  • NextGen.

After activating the plugin, an

Internal server error 500

occured whilst using the admin panel, even preventing me from deactivating the plugin. In this case, there’s only one option left: connect via FTP to your webspace, chance directory to your wordpress root, and in wp-conten/plugins rename the plugin directory. This way, WordPress doesn’t find it anymore and will deactivate the plugin automatically.

But, of course, there has to be a workaround, instead of simply not using certain plugins. The following activates PHP5 on your webspace and worked out perfectly for me:

  1. Open (or create) a .htaccess file in your wordpress root.
  2. Add these lines: 
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    Options All -Indexes
AddType x-mapp-php5 .php
AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php