AH00124: Request exceeded the limit of 10 internal redirects due to probable

Question

After the upgrade of my Ubuntu server, I tried open my wordpress website and I got this error in my error.log

AH00124: Request exceeded the limit of 10 internal redirects due to probable configuration error. Use 'LimitInternalRecursion' to increase the limit if necessary. Use 'LogLevel debug' to get a backtrace.

message a get when i open the website.

<?php
/**
 * Front to the WordPress application. This file doesn't do anything, but loads
 * wp-blog-header.php which does and tells WordPress to load the theme.
 *
 * @package WordPress
 */

/**
 * Tells WordPress to load the WordPress theme and output it.
 *
 * @var bool
 */
define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);

/** Loads the WordPress Environment and Template */
require( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/wp-blog-header.php' );

I tried these 2 links bellow but my .htaccess is diferent so did not work.

Apache 2.4 - Request exceeded the limit of 10 internal redirects due to probable configuration error

Request exceeded the limit of 10 internal redirects due to probable configuration error.?

.htaccess /root

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]
</IfModule>

.htaccess /blog

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

# END WordPres

apache:

Server version: Apache/2.4.18 (Ubuntu)

someone know how to solve this?

thank you.

Did you move your wordpress install? I don't see how just upgrading your server would cause the error? What else did you change? — Panama Jack, Jan 17 '17 at 17:03
I upgraded everything today, new ubuntu version, sql, mysql, apache, everything, I was just pressing ok ok ok ok :) hahaha — raduken, Jan 17 '17 at 18:24
For people who end up here via Google, the solution to `AH00124: Request exceeded the limit of 10 internal redirects due to probable` is probably here https://stackoverflow.com/a/48022336/279564 — Rafa, Jun 12 '20 at 22:07

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 07 '20 at 08:21

UPDATE .htaccess from given following line of codes

<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```

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 17 '17 at 16:26

1

Try to increase the limit however I guess its a loop. The following article should lead you into the correct direction:

https://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory

Try with two different .htaccess. In the root folder:

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

# END WordPress

... or just make sure you redirect to the subfolder.

In subfolder:

# 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

Check your permalink settings home_url and blog_url. This may also cause an endless loop. Update your permalinks and search wp_options in order to insert the correct url / domain for your blog.

It also may be an Ubuntu specific configuration error try to raise limits or check for missing libraries like mod_rewrite.

answered Jan 17 '17 at 16:26

Blackbam

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Where do the redirects happen? From within wordpress or in the server? try to add echo 'hello'; die; in wp-config.php and check if it is reached? – Blackbam Jan 17 '17 at 16:38
nothing happen, the website was working correctly, after me update apache and Ubuntu this starts happen – raduken Jan 17 '17 at 16:45
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So wp-config.php is never reached? – Blackbam Jan 17 '17 at 16:46
should i put this inside right? : – raduken Jan 17 '17 at 16:49
Yeah just for one reload to check if it is reached. – Blackbam Jan 17 '17 at 16:50
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/133375/discussion-between-raduken-and-blackbam). – raduken Jan 17 '17 at 16:50
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Sorry no time for chatting. You have to check if WordPress is ever reached or not. After you found out I can continue help by comment. – Blackbam Jan 17 '17 at 18:11

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 31 '17 at 14:43

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was no php module for apache, and apache was interpreting php as a text.

to solve this i did:

apt-get install libapache2-mod-php

/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

apt-get install php7.0-mysql 

/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

answered Jan 31 '17 at 14:43

raduken

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How did you find this was the problem? – Dpedrinha Nov 14 '18 at 02:36

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 17 '21 at 10:43

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Being on a shared hoster without access to configuration files, I could solve it in my case by re-saving the permalinks in the wp-admin backend.

answered Jun 17 '21 at 10:43

WoodrowShigeru

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This fixed it for me too – Nicola Peluchetti Jan 25 '22 at 22:36

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 20 '20 at 20:52

I had a problem with this error message and I solved it.

I had this problem when upgrading from MacOS Catalina to Big Sur.

@vineetkumar and @blackbam put me on the right track.

Here is the modification I had to make in /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf :

 <VirtualHost *:443>
   ServerName vhost_for_https
   ServerAlias localhost
-  DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/Documents/anais_website"
+  DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/Documents"
   SSLEngine on
   SSLCertificateFile /private/etc/apache2/ssl/certificate.crt
   SSLCertificateKeyFile /private/etc/apache2/ssl/privateKey.key
-  <Directory "/Library/WebServer/Documents/anais_website">
+  <Directory "/Library/WebServer/Documents">
     Options +Indexes +Includes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews
     AllowOverride All
     Require local
     Require ip 192.168.1.71
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

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