# 500 Internal Server Error only on wp-admin/ directory

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/500-internal-server-error-only-on-wp-admin-directory/220604>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [June 14, 2012, 8:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/500-internal-server-error-only-on-wp-admin-directory/220604 "2012-06-14T08:26:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 8:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/500-internal-server-error-only-on-wp-admin-directory/220604/1 "2012-06-14T08:26:53Z")

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I upgraded my Wordpress install (via svn) and now trying to access the  
wp-admin/ directory results in a 500 Internal Server Error, despite the  
fact my config hasn’t changed at all.

The most annoying part is that no error messages seem to have been  
logged by either nginx or php-fpm. The front-end of the site appears to  
be working, which just adds to the strangeness.

I’ve looked at the permissions; they are all fine. nginx should have  
access, and like I said, the front-end works.

So my question(s): Does anyone know what might be causing this, and  
also, are there any helpful tutorials available for increasing the  
amount of information that nginx (and other applications like php,  
mysql, etc) outputs to error logs?

Cheers,

- Adrian