{"id":770,"date":"2021-02-04T12:27:57","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T12:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/?post_type=article&#038;p=770"},"modified":"2024-01-24T18:51:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T18:51:08","slug":"cannot-troubleshoot-a-500-internal-server-error","status":"publish","type":"troubleshooting","link":"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/troubleshooting\/cannot-troubleshoot-a-500-internal-server-error\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannot Troubleshoot a 500 Internal Server Error"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I continuously get a Server 500 error when editing my templates<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, you were editing a website template in Elementor and wanted to save the changes to it. Instead, you were shown the following error:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/server-error_elementor.png\" alt=\"server error elementor\">\n\n\n\n<p>How do you fix an Elementor 500 error? It\u2019s quite simple. The common reason for that is improperly set memory limit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"increase-the-memory-limit\">Increase the Memory Limit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p>It is advised to set the memory limit to at least 512MB in order for Elementor to work properly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To check if you\u2019ve allocated enough memory, go to <strong><em>Elementor &gt; System Info<\/em><\/strong> in the WP admin panel. 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nofollow\">https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/500-error\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to troubleshoot a 500 internal server error that occurs when editing templates in Elementor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"template":"","troubleshoot-tags":[372],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fixing Elementor 500 Internal Server Error | Crocoblock<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"From this quick fix, you will learn how to troubleshoot a 500 internal server error that may occur when editing templates in Elementor.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/troubleshooting\/cannot-troubleshoot-a-500-internal-server-error\/\" \/>\n<meta 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