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1. Angie23
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   My site has been up and running for over a year.

   Today I am getting almost constant HTTP Error 500 Internal server error messages

   and Error establishing a database connection
   when trying to post.

   The site has been between slow to unresponsive and completely down.
   this morning for 6 hours .

   Since it is working intermittenly and I did not change anything lately
   (I installed Dynamic Content Gallery 2 days ago, but the site was running without any problems for 30 hours ,so I don't think that is the cause)

   I think it may be server related ?

   They are currently looking at it(no response yet)

   My question,I read on the internet that this is Host problem and one should switch to private Hosting. Is that True ?

   I am using HostPapa right now and private hosting sounds very expensive.

   Any solution to this ?
   An informed answer would be greatly appreciated !

2. t-p
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Error connecting to your database:

   -First, double check your wp-config.php file settings for the database name, database username and database password. This is where most errors occur.

   -Then check that you don't need to change the database host from "localhost" to something else. You can get that info from your hosting provider.-Check you have actually created a database with the same database name as is in your wp-config.php file.

   -Last, but not least, if all that information is correct your database probably has a problem with it, and you may need to contact your hosting provider.

   There are also many threads on this topic on these forums: http://wordpress.org/search/Error+establishing+a+database+connection?forums=1

3. govpatel
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Since your website was working fine then there must problem with your host server as wordpress can not connect to database
   I would check with them before making any changes on wordpress.

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