http://wordpress.org/support/ WordPress › Support Topic: Please help me discover why my site goes down every week en Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:14:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/support/topic/264615/page/2#post-1248396 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:59:03 +0000 handmadebyalissa 1248396@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>Will give all of this a shot! Thank so much Wess!! </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/264615/page/2#post-1248364 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:15:47 +0000 cwdaniels 1248364@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>Wow - dreamhost sounds like it kind of sucks. Alissa, have you tried installing the plugin hypercache? You definitely want to get rid of supercache, that is known to have problems with dreamhost as one commentor says above. I'm also wondering why you have these two plugins: Disable WordPress Core Update, Disable WordPress Plugin Updates? I would think you should want the updates to make sure that the plugins are getting updated regularly, could that be the problem?</p> <p>Also, have you tried cleaning your database using WP-DBManager? </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/264615/page/2#post-1247533 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:52:39 +0000 handmadebyalissa 1247533@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>Down again this morning. Along with the 500 Internal Server Error I'm also getting this error message: </p> <p>Error establishing a database connection</p> <p>This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can't contact the database server at mysql.handmadebyalissa.com. This could mean your host's database server is down.</p> <p> * Are you sure you have the correct username and password?<br /> * Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname?<br /> * Are you sure that the database server is running?</p> <p>If you're unsure what these terms mean you should probably contact your host. If you still need help you can always visit the WordPress Support Forums.</p> <p>Thanks! </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/264615/page/2#post-1246645 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:55:25 +0000 handmadebyalissa 1246645@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>Absolutely. All the plugins I have are:</p> <p>AdSense Manager<br /> Akismet<br /> All in One Adsense and YPN<br /> Date Exclusion<br /> Disable WordPress Core Update<br /> Disable WordPress Plugin Updates<br /> Extended Comment Options<br /> FeedBurner FeedSmith<br /> FeedBurner Widget<br /> FeedStats<br /> Google Analyticator<br /> Google XML Sitemaps<br /> Highlight Author Comments<br /> WordPress.com Stats<br /> WordPress Database Backup<br /> WordPress Hashcash<br /> WP-DBManager<br /> WP-FLV<br /> WP-Optimize<br /> WP Super Cache</p> <p>More than happy to get rid of any that you think might cause the problem? Thanks so much for your help! </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/264615/page/2#post-1246614 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:24:43 +0000 db0 1246614@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>I'm still having similar issues although they occur much more rarely lately. Can you let me know what plugins you have activated? </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/264615/page/2#post-1246408 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:38:35 +0000 handmadebyalissa 1246408@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>This same thing is happening to me almost every day now. Unfortunately most of what you are all saying is like a complete foreign language to me (I wish I knew more so that I could figure this out!!) but what I do know is that my site keeps going down and usually optimizing the options table helps. But then it goes down again - sometimes almost immediately. I installed the WP-Optimize plugin (recommended by Dreamhost help) and have been optimizing regularly but my site still is going down. When I contacted Dreamhost about this, they said that the problem is with Wordpress - is that the case? Thanks for your help! </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/264615/page/2#post-1219036 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:07:56 +0000 db0 1219036@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>Thanks. For the record, I've already tried that, but without a DB wipe as well. </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/264615/page/2#post-1218556 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:00:25 +0000 elizabethrichardson 1218556@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>Just in case (though you may have tried this too) - I found the best and quickest way to clean my site was to COMPLETELY delete wp-admin and wp-includes and do a fresh <strong>manual install</strong>. </p> <p>Doing the same with the plugins in question also helped. </p> <p>All the best. </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/264615#post-1218401 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:04:40 +0000 db0 1218401@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>I have in fact checked it. I couldn't find anything suspicious but I am considering recreating the DB just to get that possibility out of the way. It's only the myriad of options I'll have to reset that are holding me back.... </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/264615#post-1218141 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:23:02 +0000 elizabethrichardson 1218141@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>Just wondering if you've checked your database with php MyAdmin wp-users for any bogus admin additions...?</p> <p>My site would crash after trying to publish a post - it had been infected. Repairing database tables didn't work for me either. It's fixed now, just thought I might mention it in case the same thing happened to you.</p> <p>All the best. </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/264615#post-1218077 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:30:29 +0000 db0 1218077@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>I said that it's not a "caching issue" not that Hypercache is "causing the issue" ;)</p> <p>I know it's not, It's just that the same thing has happened many times while under Hypercache.</p> <p>I didn't know about DB Cache Reloaded. I might check it out, thanks :) </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/264615#post-1217585 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:18:20 +0000 cfisher 1217585@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>Hi dB0,</p> <p>I think you might have misread my post just a bit. I said that HyperCache solved many of my problems - not that it caused them. Also, notice too that I said DB Cache <strong>Reloaded</strong> (notice: Reloaded)... it is a fork of the original DB cache that is suppose to be compatible with WP 2.8.4. Check it out..</p> <p>Also, I went ahead and installed the DB Cache Reloaded alongside HyperCache today and have not had a single problem, and my website seems really fast. </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/264615#post-1217425 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:19:44 +0000 db0 1217425@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>cfisher, I've been using Hypercache for a long time now and it's not a caching issue. I'm the one who's written the unofficial DH Wordpress performance guide and the one who suggested DB cache along with Hypercache. However afaik DB Cache's latest versions might be buggy so I suggest you stay away from it for now.. </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/264615#post-1217326 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:51:36 +0000 cfisher 1217326@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>Sorry to disappoint with all the work you did, but best I can tell, internal server errors and random website problems are a common experience with Dream Host. I had the EXACT same issues as you, and found that many others do as well. That is - until I came across HyperCache. After I installed this plugin, notices of my website being down went to essentially zero (use to get notices throughout the week). I still get random internal server errors and the WP admin is always slow, but my website is very fast. I use WP 2.8.4. Check out my website: <a href="http://www.bmedreport.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.bmedreport.com</a></p> <p>I then added WP Widget Cache to HyperCache with no problems for added speed. I am not sure if I can leave good enough alone as I now contemplate uninstalling the WP Widget Cache and replacing it with the DB Cache Reloaded. I read (actually at DreamHost support) that the HyperCache/DB Cache creates a fantastically fast website. </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/264615#post-1122739 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:16:47 +0000 db0 1122739@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>Unfortunately even though my site seemed to be running stably for 2 months now and I thought I'd found the culprit, once again I get the same issue now. </p> <p>Resource use takes off and Internal Server Errors happen. I repair the wp_options table and then it works fine.</p> <p>Can anyone tell me where to look to figure why this is happening? How can my wp_options table be corrupted just like that? Is there a way to start debugging this? </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/264615#post-1119595 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:59:22 +0000 hallsofmontezuma 1119595@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>@db0<br /> Platinum SEO is certainly not an upgrade over All in One SEO Pack, and AIOSEOP has absolutely not been discontinued. </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/264615#post-1071960 Tue, 12 May 2009 13:05:55 +0000 db0 1071960@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>Mine seems to be stable as well but I'm still using Hypercache and no DB-Cache.</p> <p>Of course I'm mostly offline lately so even if it did go down, I would probably miss it </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/264615#post-1071784 Tue, 12 May 2009 08:49:52 +0000 dyords 1071784@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>hmm, just checking back. my blog seems to be stable for now with supercache turned off. how about yours? have you tried turning off hypercache?</p> <p>if this continues for another week i'll try using db-cache instead of supercache. </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/264615#post-1067214 Thu, 07 May 2009 07:59:41 +0000 db0 1067214@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>@whooami: In my case Wordpress didn't behave like this. It simply started spawning runaway php processes. In phpmyadmin I just went to the table and selected "Repair" but I didn't see any notice of it being corrupted.</p> <p>@dryords: I'm using 2.7.1 without Supercache which is known to cause problems for Dreamhost. </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/264615#post-1065999 Wed, 06 May 2009 03:53:24 +0000 dyords 1065999@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>i turned off supercache for a while. havent crashed yet for 3 days. </p> <p>what wordpress version are you using db0? I'm on 2.7. </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/264615#post-1064143 Mon, 04 May 2009 10:35:04 +0000 dyords 1064143@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>yeah i used phpmyadmin from my cpanel. there's an option to repair db. </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/264615#post-1064107 Mon, 04 May 2009 08:49:10 +0000 whooami 1064107@http://wordpress.org/support/ <blockquote><p>How can you tell if your wp_options is corrupted? </p></blockquote> <p>wordpress will behave like its not installed, and you will be prompted to install (again).</p> <p>you can check for crashed tables inside phpmyadmin. </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/264615#post-1064087 Mon, 04 May 2009 07:56:22 +0000 db0 1064087@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>How can you tell if your wp_options is corrupted? </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/264615#post-1062431 Sat, 02 May 2009 02:32:03 +0000 dyords 1062431@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>well ever since my wp_options kept crashing i always check my db every now and then even when there's nothing wrong with it.</p> <p>recently, i found that my db needs repairing (wp_options again) eventhough the effect is not evident on my site (did not redirect to install page).</p> <p>what I did prior to that was to edit some of the comments from my dashboard. i don't know if this is relevant but it's something we could use as reference. </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/264615#post-1060906 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:52:11 +0000 db0 1060906@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>It's not the bandwidth that is killing the site though, it's something breaking wp_options </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/264615#post-1060768 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:51:52 +0000 dyords 1060768@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>hmm i thought Wordpress Stats doesn't take bandwidth off your site since it uses Wordpress.org's tracking.</p> <p>anyway, let's wait whether your site is gonna crash again or not and backtrack from there. </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/264615#post-1060728 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:27:29 +0000 db0 1060728@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>Ok we seem to march on:</p> <ul> <li>Platinum SEO pack (which is an updgrade over All in One SEO which has been discontinued AFAIK)</li> <li>Google Sitemap</li> <li>Feedburner Feedsmith</li> <li>Wordpress Stats</li> </ul> <p>I think it could be WP Stats at I think it's the only one of these accessing the DB. Also Sitemaps is one that can grab a lot of RAM to generate the map.</p> <p>However with both of them active, my site has been working fine now. </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/264615#post-1060588 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:29:54 +0000 dyords 1060588@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>heres my suspect plugins<br /> wp supercache<br /> yet another related post plugin<br /> subscribe to comments</p> <p>as for the others:<br /> all in one seo<br /> google sitemap<br /> feedburner feedsmith<br /> nextgen gallery<br /> wordpress stats </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/264615#post-1059840 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:01:52 +0000 db0 1059840@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>No, normal WP interface. It happened in a similar way for me. I would post something and then a bit (or a while) later, site would be down again. I haven't had it for the last 3 posting though so I'm hopeful.</p> <p>Which plugins are you currently using? Perhaps we can triangulate </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/264615#post-1059700 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:03:54 +0000 dyords 1059700@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>my wp_options just crashed and all I did was posted something new. are you also using Live Writer to post? </p>