Old WP site giving 500 error

Hello,

I'm trying to revive an old Wordpress site -- it hasn't been updated since 3.1.3 and obviously I'd like to put that right.

Going to the url gives me a 500 error.

The last line of the log shows:

[Fri Mar 20 20:45:29.393574 2020] [cgi:error] [pid 30010] [client 86.160.69.198:51784] End of script output before headers: php52.cgi

(I can post more if it's useful).

Any clues about how to sort this out? Thanks :-)

wordpress error_500

asked 20 Mar '20, 21:00

kensson
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One Answer:

Both Wordpress and PHP are in such an old version that it is hard to guess.

Try changing the PHP version to 5.6 or raise a ticket so we can have a closer look.

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answered 20 Mar '20, 21:14

iliasr
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Thanks so much -- that was enough to get me moving in the right direction. Really appreciate your quick and helpful response!

(20 Mar '20, 21:26) kensson

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