Getting 500 error when making any edits to htaccess?

[Ray2215]

What I'm trying to do is increase the maximum file upload size from WP's default 2M to anything higher.

I've tried:

Editing Default Constraits
Adding php.ini to WP-admin and html public
Killing PHP processes with Godaddy cPanel

Basically the main stuff and can't make any headway. I bet it would work if I could add some code to htaccess, but anytime I make any changes the whole site shuts down with a 500 error??

Here's my code:

# BEGIN Increase Max Upload Size
php_value upload_max_filesize 20M
php_value post_max_size 20M
php_value max_execution_time 300
php_value max_input_time 300
# END Increase Max Upload Size

Here's the htaccess code:

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress
# BEGIN Hotlinking

# END Hotlinking

Could it be a plugin or theme related issue?

 

[bartosimpsonio]

It's probably file permissions. Make sure htaccess is read-only after you modify it.

 

[Ray2215]

It's probably file permissions. Make sure htaccess is read-only after you modify it.

No love, should the changes I make look different than this?

# BEGIN Increase Max Upload Size
php_value upload_max_filesize 20M
php_value post_max_size 20M
php_value max_execution_time 300
php_value max_input_time 300
# END Increase Max Upload Size

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress
# BEGIN Hotlinking

# END Hotlinking

 

[bartosimpsonio]

No love, should the changes I make look different than this?

# BEGIN Increase Max Upload Size
php_value upload_max_filesize 20M
php_value post_max_size 20M
php_value max_execution_time 300
php_value max_input_time 300
# END Increase Max Upload Size

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress
# BEGIN Hotlinking

# END Hotlinking

Can you access the server error_log ?

 

[Ray2215]

Can you access the server error_log ?

It pretty much just has this on repeat:

[11-May-2018 11:33:57 UTC] PHP Warning:  file(/home/site/public_html/site/wp-includes/pomo/bots.dat): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/site/public_html/site/wp-content/themes/sohohotel/footer.php on line 3
[11-May-2018 11:34:10 UTC] PHP Warning:  include_once(social3.png): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/animalden/public_html/site/wp-content/themes/sohohotel/functions.php on line 1198
[11-May-2018 11:34:10 UTC] PHP Warning:  include_once(): Failed opening 'social3.png' for inclusion (include_path='.:/opt/alt/php54/usr/share/pear:/opt/alt/php54/usr/share/php') in /home/site/public_html/site.com/wp-content/themes/sohohotel/functions.php on line 1198

 

[Zbigniew]

What them are you using - newspaper?

My sites using Newspaper theme have this problem, too. Google webmaster console warns about it as well.

Initially my host said that it was because I was using too much space, so they increased my % - next up they said it was because my theme needed a higher php version. After they increased my % of usage and changed to a newer php version I don't seem to have as many issues as before.

 

[Ray2215]

What them are you using - newspaper?

My sites using Newspaper theme have this problem, too. Google webmaster console warns about it as well.

Initially my host said that it was because I was using too much space, so they increased my % - next up they said it was because my theme needed a higher php version. After they increased my % of usage and changed to a newer php version I don't seem to have as many issues as before.

It's called Soho Hotel

 

[Zbigniew]

The creators of Soho Hotel wrote the following when another user had the same problem:


"The most common cause of a error 500 is:

-Exceeding your memory limit (you can increase this in the wp-config.php file)

-A corrupt .htaccess file (you should delete this via FTP and then WordPress will create a new one)

-Also make sure your file permissions are set correctly for WordPress: https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions

Kind regards"

 

[bartosimpsonio]

Your theme is broken. It didn't upload all the theme files. Either switch themes or do a complete upload of the theme files.

 

[Ray2215]

The creators of Soho Hotel wrote the following when another user had the same problem:


"The most common cause of a error 500 is:

-Exceeding your memory limit (you can increase this in the wp-config.php file)

-A corrupt .htaccess file (you should delete this via FTP and then WordPress will create a new one)

-Also make sure your file permissions are set correctly for WordPress: https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions

Kind regards"

Your theme is broken. It didn't upload all the theme files. Either switch themes or do a complete upload of the theme files.

I tried each line guys and I had no luck. Seeing as how I was going to fully redesign their site anyways, I went ahead and convinced the owner to start the redesign now. Thanks for the suggestions guys.