Live Writer 500 Internal Server Error – xmlrpc.php
April 14, 2009 by Andy
Do you get a “500 Internal server error” stating a problem with the WordPress file xmlrpc.php when trying to open posts? Here is the error message I was getting.
After some research on the internet, it seems the problem is that my server is trying to run PHP version 4 instead of the latest installed version (5). You can therefore fix the problem by adding a couple of lines to your .htaccess file on your server. These are the lines you need to add:
AddType x-mapp-php5 .php AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php
..and here is a video showing the problem, and how to fix it:
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What if you don’t have access to your .htaccess file? I use 1&1 for hosting, and they don’t allow you to edit your .htaccess files. I couldn’t believe this, but it’s apparently true. I just started having this problem out of the blue. I didn’t change anything, and all of a sudden, I can’t upload photos, can’t post through Windows Live Writer. Oddly, I can post through WPtogo on my Android G1 cell phone. Any ideas?
Ted
Which 1and1 does not let you edit htaccess files? I host with 1and1.co.uk AND 1and1.es and they both allow me to edit htaccess files.
Thanks Andy. This solved my problem that started all of a sudden. One day it worked, next day it did not. No added pages or anything. I was wondering if 1and1 changed the default php version for everybody on the shared server.
Ted: .htaccess is in the WordPress installation’s root directory. If it does not exist (like it did on one of my installations), just create one with the 2 lines Ted gave here
I was getting the 500 Internal Server Error due to the data type of the post_parent column in the wp_posts table. Here are the details and how I fixed it:
http://ardentdev.com/fix-for-wordpress-xmlrpc-500-internal-server-error/
I wasn’t able to post to my website. This solution worked for me. I didn’t have .htaccess file so made one in notepad and uploaded to root folder.
Thanks so much!
I kept getting the 500 Internal Server error trying to post from live writer to my new WP setup.
Then I read the MySQL guy’s solution, and that didn’t work.
But your fix was quick, easy, and painless! I am on 1and1 hosting, btw, and I can edit all the .htaccess files I want…
still facing same problem after tring your method don’t know why
Hi
Thanks for the fix in the htaccess file. Worked great for me.
Chris
I lost connection to the server when add those command to .htaccess then after remove those line, the connection is restored