Wordpress:500 internal server error after changing url - php

Question

My domain (example.com) is pointed to public_html/cushbu it contains a wordpress project
so i've changed the settings in wp-config file
define('WP_HOME','http://example.com');
define('WP_SITEURL','http://example.com');
Also in .htaccess file thats under pubic_html/cushbu folder
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /example.com
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /example.com/index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
# Wordfence WAF
<Files ".user.ini">
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
Require all denied
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</IfModule>
</Files>
# END Wordfence WAF
#disable hotlinking of images with forbidden or custom image option
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http(s)?://(www\.)?example.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http(s)?://(www\.)?google.com [NC]
RewriteRule \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif)$ – [NC,F,L]
I got 500 error when accessing my domain (www.example.com)

Answer 1

Remove example.com in .htaccess from the RewriteBase and RewriteRule.
It is probably easiest for you to rename the file to bck.htaccess and let wordpress generate a new one for you.